The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart filmmaker Q&A with Nigel Sinclair & Frank Marshall
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- Sound Unseen festival director Jim Brunzell talks with The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart director Frank Marshall and producer Nigel Sinclair. This conversation previously appeared as part of the film's screening at the 21st Annual Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival. #SoundUnseen21
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Great interview, surprised I'm the first to comment. I've been binging and rediscovering Bee Gees since seeing this amazing documentary. If you hop around on You Tube, you will find tons of recent comments on individual songs and live performances. If only Mo, Robin and Andy were here to witness the profound and lasting impact they had on our generation and how another generation of fans is finding them. This must have been very hard for Barry. The filmmakers absolutely reached their goal in telling a fresh story full of emotion, heart and infinite talent. The end credits had me shattered.
I’m almost sure Barry said the catalogue was not for sale for any amount !! That said I love the Bee Gees , such a talented family and super good looking ♥️ Being British I was already aware of their career but I can honestly say I’ve never seen a bad docu about them because what’s not to like ? They were great 👍🏻
He did. But in later interviews he said he wanted The Bee Gees to be remembered and that it was too much of a burden to put that on his kids. I think he made this decision to put in in the hands of people that could represent the legacy of all his brothers. I think the HBO special was respectful of their legacy
Based on the interview, this sounds like a great documentary. I never got to see it but I did an online search in my library and was pleasantly surprised that they have a copy of it on DVD. I have placed a hold on it and will pick up when ready. I look forward to seeing this, as I have been a huge fan of the Bee Gees for many years (especially Robin--my favorite). I love to see and hear anything about these brothers, who always appear very humble, despite their humongous success, well mannered, and polite. They never forgot their humble beginnings, their struggles, and always strived to continue writing, singing, and performing their extensive catalog of great songs for their fans.
Update: I have seen the documentary and it was awesome. I love hearing about the Bee Gees, my favorite band of all time. It is very sad that the twins are gone and it is evident Barry misses them. His final sentence at the end made me cry. He would give up all the hits to have his brothers still here with him. The documentary on the Bee Gees was long overdue. With the amount of success they had for so many years, a documentary should have been done while the twins were still alive. But this was a great tribute to them, depicting all the highs and lows of their long career.
This is a beautifully done interview with Nigel Sinclair and Frank Marshall. The Bee Gees documentary was so well done and it is obvious that a lot of effort was put into this film to keep it real. Wish it could have been longer so that more “gold nuggets” that were uncovered by the research could have been included. I thank you, Sound Unseen for sharing this! Greatly enjoyed and much appreciated.
Barry said catalog was not for sale
But yet, he sold it to Capitol Records. He must have gotten a great offer he could not refuse.
I greatly object to the revisionary history woven into this documentary. The backlash against disco music (organized by Chicago radio disc jockey Steve Dahl) had zero to do with anti-black or anti-gay sentiment. Because one (black) ticket-taker at Comiskey Park that day went on camera and “revealed” that most of the lp’s brought to the park, as an entrance fee, were of black artists, we’re supposed to take that to mean the movement was anti-black, oh, and anti-gay? The fact is that Donna Summer, KC & the Sunshine Band, the Village People, Boney M., Kool & the Gang, the Bee Gees, and many others were all enjoying #1 hits at that time with dance (disco) music. It’s much more likely people brought to the ballpark that day their least favorite albums, which is what that ticket-taker saw.
Why seek to create animosity/hate where there was none? It was a group of people communally enjoying the expression of their dislike of disco music, and nothing else.
The big question is why it was only the Caucasian Bee Gees who suffered the brunt of the anti-disco movement and whose work was kept from being played on radio with, for instance, “Bee Gees-Free Weekends.” What this ACTUALLY was was an attempt by radio stations and DJ’s to cater to the public in hopes of bringing more listeners their way. Nothing more.