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Jack White Mocks Kanye at Film Premiere
- Posted on Sep 20th 2009 6:00PM by Jonathan Dekel
White surprised Malloy during the post-film audience Q&A session by running onstage and grabbing the microphone out of the stunned director's hands.
Interrupting him mid-sentence, White announced, "I'm gonna let you finish, I'm gonna let you finish, but Orson Welles made one of the greatest films of all time!" before shrugging, handing the mic back and leaving the stage.
White -- a well-documented Orson Welles fanatic -- was clearly in a jovial mood thanks to the overwhelmingly positive response the audience gave '...Northern Lights.' Watching from his reserved seat on the balcony of the historic Elgin Theatre, and flanked by wife Karen Ellison and 'sister' Meg, White took in the first public screening of the documentary along with 1,500 lucky fans who yelled, cheered and laughed along to the duo's exploits during their 2007 cross-Canada tour.
Shot and directed by noted surf film and music video director Malloy, who also helmed the clip for the White Stripes' 'Icky Thump,' 'Under Great White Northern Lights' works as both a document of a personal tour -- the band played every province in Canada leading up to their tenth anniversary show in Nova Scotia, where White has ancient family roots -- and as the first intimate peek into the lives of one of the most mysterious bands in rock 'n' roll.
Brilliantly edited together for maximum emotional and visual punch, the film intersperses footage of the Stripes' incendiary live show with a revealing and personal interview with the band -- unsurprisingly Jack does most of the talking -- where they address their inception, the truth behind some of the myths, their dogmatic work esthetic and the media's perception of White as a control freak.
Where the film transcends earlier live documentaries, and justifies its place next to 'DIG!' and 'The Last Waltz' in the cannon of great music docs, is when the camera catches the duo off-guard, letting a sliver of humanity slip through the band's carefully crafted aesthetic.
The most notable moment takes place in film's final scene where, shortly after closing their tenth anniversary show -- at two and a half hours, the longest in White Stripes history -- the camera captures Meg and Jack alone at the piano. While Jack serenades Meg, she slowly and quietly starts to weep. Captured uncut and in black and white, Jack executes the song perfectly before embracing his soul sister. Credits roll.
Indeed, Orson Welles may well have made one of the greatest films of all time, but Malloy and the White Stripes still deserve all the accolades they get.
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hek718
whats funny to me is that Jack's "stunt" does the opposite of what Ye' did. He showed some humility...
October 22 2009 at 12:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
your name goes here
Did you see th Leno show? BooHoo "my mom died and I didn't take any time to deal with it. I just kept working" What a great excuse. How many times will Kanye use it? Whn He came onto the stage during Rihannas and JZ's number I thought he must have rushed the stage and grabbed a mike from a backup singer! Did they ever rehurse the number with him in it?
He is from a well educated upper middle class home, not a ghetto. Ghetto kids wouldn't act like that!
He's spoiled rotten and it's too bad Taylor didn't belt him with her award. She'd have gotten a standing O!
Jack
If a white person did what KW did the whole black community would be up in arms and Al Sharpton would be holding protests and on the news and force their record label to drop him. Discrimination (even reverse discrimination) is ugly and so is what KW did, it was ghetto ugly. You can take the trash out of the ghetto but you can't take the ghetto out of the trash (black and white).
September 22 2009 at 2:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Rasberryrain82
LMAO!!! EPIC WIN!!!
September 22 2009 at 1:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Angie
As far as it goes, music is a question of taste. I am no fan of rap but I can name ten rappers that are hands down better than that blowhard Kanye will EVER be. That guy is a walking punchline--unluckily for him he continues to provide ammunition to prove that. Can anybody show me ONE thing this guy has done with his so called talent to help anyone other than himself? I'll bet you can't. It's quite obvious that Jack's joke was staged and quite well received. He didn't go out of his way to step on any toes or make himself out to be a pompous fool. As many times as Kanye's run his mouth to make himself out to be the greatest thing ever, he continually proves he's nothing more than a joke.
September 22 2009 at 1:36 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Amanda
Sigh. I just adore Jack White. He's brilliant
September 22 2009 at 1:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Patricia
Unfortunately, in attempting to demonstrate the ignorance of kayne to kayne & his peers, we will probably have to see several more spoofs like White's.
I hope the point does NOT end up getting lost in the shuffle of spoofs & parodies on the subject.
We all, (including kayne), know that what kayne did was totally unacceptable behavior that NO ONE would appreciate happening to them while they are on stage.
It is like the worse kind of a heckler, a sore loser heckler thing to do.
We all know where the lines are drawn between ettequet, & improper behavior.
But suddenly some roles have changed & for some reason some people think that ALL THE LINES HAVE BEEN ERASED & IT'S A F-'ING FREE-FOR-ALL!!!
I think it's more like "A FREAK FOR ALL"!!! (meaning kayne of course).
White should have waited & done the same thing directly to kayne while kayne was acepting an award,...unfortunately for him, that may not happen now, so White has already demonstrated for kayne what it looks like when someone does something so blatently insulting to someone while they are accepting an award.
kayne probably wasn't even watching.
Cat
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Inkling - Just to let you know, Although his behavior was classless and Taylor nor anyone else deserved to be treated that way, He is not from the Ghetto. Both of his parents were Professors. But one would have to actually look at other aspects of someones life than to "assume" something about someone, because of their race or their profession. If you are about to use his behavior as the reason why you made your assinon comment, yeah not flying, you are being just as ignorant. Oh, yeah, and before you "assume" I am commenting because I am Kayne's race, nah, blonde haired, blue eyed but his Sister in Christ, just like yours.
September 22 2009 at 12:38 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
triton54l32v
well if he is a son of professors...then it just shows that his parents didn't raise him right. but also being a professor dosn't show a persons caracter either. what kanye did must never be forgotten, because there are too many people out there with that mentality that he or she can do what ever they feel like, reguardless of how they treat others. it is an injustice.
September 22 2009 at 12:58 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
jfoxries
I want to respond to the Conscious comment -- West is a dirt bag that should not be selling his sleeze..filth for our kids to hear..and grabbing his crotch - as all the BIG ----- rappers are doing - they are small fish in a BIG W H I T E POND ..
HE IS A BLABBERING BIGGOT - IGNORANT. AND - FOR SWEET LITTLE TAYLOR SWIFT ..... she is only 19 years old -- she does not need or deserve a fool in her professional white face at any time!! Beyonce is both beautiful and very talented - but time to move over for other talented people, she was classy enough
to take care of this punk - herself !! Looks like one BAD APPLE CAN RUIN THE BUNCH, HUH!!
Julie
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In response to Conscious ... We do not have to let anything go and I for one won't be buying his records and never did. One of the greatest? I keep hearing that yet I haven't heard any greatness from him. What you might be forgetting is that he not only took the limelight, for a minute, from a wide eyed young woman but he also took the night from Michael Jackson and the fact that the awards were being done in his honor. With one stupid moment he ruined a night for Taylor Swift, her and I'm sure some of his fans, and the whole Jackson family and all the fans of Michael Jackson who far exceeds any fans Kanye has ever had or ever will have.
Just because "people do worse things than that" doesn't mean it should be left alone. In my opinion all these "famous" people should be held accountable for the wrongs they do and maybe less of it would happen and those kids who use these "stars" as role models would have a positive one thrown in once in a while. The world is going to Hell very fast and the Kanye's of the world and those supporting him are helping that to happen.
Nobody, and I mean nobody, should be put so high up that they do not have to answer for the wrongs they do. Only God should be held up on the platform that many of these stars are held up to, and that is the biggest problem of all!!!
cflotsofluck
TO JANA VEE.........VERY, VERY, VERY, WELL SAID!!! I AGREE WITH "EVERY" WORD YOU SAID, 1000 PER CENT!!!
September 22 2009 at 1:52 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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