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  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • CoolConnections
  • 1 h 15 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • CoolConnections
  • 1 h 15 m

Summary The Reflektor Tapes recontextualizes the experience of listening to Arcade Fire’s Reflektor, transporting the viewer into a kaleidoscopic sonic and visual landscape. It charts the band’s creative journey as they lay foundations for the album in Jamaica, record in Montreal and play an impromptu gig at a Haitian hotel on the first night of...

Directed By: Kahlil Joseph

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • CoolConnections
  • 1 h 15 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • CoolConnections
  • 1 h 15 m

The Reflektor Tapes

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary The Reflektor Tapes recontextualizes the experience of listening to Arcade Fire’s Reflektor, transporting the viewer into a kaleidoscopic sonic and visual landscape. It charts the band’s creative journey as they lay foundations for the album in Jamaica, record in Montreal and play an impromptu gig at a Haitian hotel on the first night of...

Directed By: Kahlil Joseph

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50
Sep 22, 2015
The film conveys the sense of hanging out with a band despite the fact that we almost never see them talking to us; a mood of creative ferment overrides any detailed narrative, and although its time period includes a massive tour for the group's latest album, this is definitely not a concert film.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 22, 2015
There’s a lot of “this was really important,” and “this changed us,” but very little in the way of specifics. Maybe they couldn’t put their fingers on it, and that’s fine, but there’s no sense that they even considered digging deeper. Still, several live performances and some powerful fly-on-the-wall moments make it tough to dismiss Reflektor Tapes entirely.
By Josh Modell FULL REVIEW
40
Sep 26, 2015
It’s flabby and repetitive, but peppered with moments of exquisite sonic lusciousness – not unlike the album itself.
By Leslie Felperin FULL REVIEW
40
Sep 25, 2015
All of this is intoned with such a humourless sense of self-importance that anyone who genuinely loves their music (such as this reviewer who [full disclosure] would rate Funeral and Neon Bible as two of the best albums of recent years) finds themselves alternately stuffing their fingers in their ears or, when it gets too excruciating, their elbows.
By John Bleasdale FULL REVIEW
30
Sep 22, 2015
Joseph winds up with an disorganized mishmash of visual gimmicks, empty exoticism, and soundbites worthy of “This is Spinal Tap.” Great music and some dynamic, up-close concert footage gives it the occasional life, but The Reflektor Tapes will appeal to Arcade Fire devotees only and even their patience might be tested.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
16
Sep 14, 2015
Trying something different and playing around with convention is always commendable, but if The Reflektor Tapes proves anything, it's that the result can sometimes fail miserably.
By Nikola Grozdanovic FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Pulse Films, What Matter Most
Release Date Sep 23, 2015
Duration 1 h 15 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.thereflektortapes.com/
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Awards

Cleveland International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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