Moog (2004)
ZU33

Description

Robert Moog has been inventing and building electronic musical instruments for nearly half a century. MOOG, the film, takes us inside the mind of this legendary figure as he shares his ideas about creativity, design, interactivity, and spirituality. To this day, Moog continues to shape musical culture with some of the most inspiring instruments ever created.

MOOG features interviews and performances by Stereolab, Keith Emerson, Walter Sear, Gershon Kinsgley, Jean-Jacques Perrey & Luke Vibert, Rick Wakeman, DJ Spooky, Herb Deutsch, Bernie Worrell, Pamelia Kurstin, Tino Corp., Charlie Clouser, Money Mark, Mix Master Mike and others.

Tags

1960s

Collected reviews and ratings

8.0 Amazon user reviews

A man who genuinely revolutionized late-20th Century music gets his due with Moog, writer-director Hans Fjellestad's absorbing documentary about Robert Moog, inventor of the synthesizer that bears his name.
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8.0 The Guardian | Pascal Wyse

Whether he is chatting to his old colleagues, playing with Beastie Boy Money Mark or pottering in his organic garden, Moog comes across so amiably in the film that it is hard to see how anyone could "fry his ass". But what he's referring to is the initial reaction to synthesised sound.
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8.0 New York Times | Stephen Holden

Whatever your feelings about the synthesizer (and mine are decidedly mixed), the film offers a fascinating historical look at the technological side of the 60's revolution in pop music
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7.5 digitallyobsessed.com | Jeff Wilson

Fjellestad has made a personal exploration of Moog and his work, and that is perhaps part of the problem I had in watching the film. It's his exploration, and it wasn't always meaningful to me as a viewer as much as it might have been to him.
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6.0 filmcritic.com | Rachel Gordon

Moog is a strong effort to capture something simple in a way that most documentaries are afraid to do, and for that it should be commended.
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5.8 The Onion A.V. Club | Keith Phipps

Moog proves too undirected to reveal much about the man or his music, apart from factoids like Moog's fondness for cooking with fresh herbs. Fortunately, Moog is a genial enough subject to patch over some of the film's shortcomings.
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3.0 PopMatters.com | John Bergstrom

... on an artistic level, Moog is an amateurish, shambolic mess. Maybe it's all that awe and reverence, or maybe it's just lack of skill, but Fjellestad doesn't have it in him to cut the tape when one of his interviewees starts making an ass of himself or rambling off topic.
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