Better Than Something (Jay Reatard documentary)

punkottawa.com and the Mayfair Theatre present
 
BETTER THAN SOMETHING: JAY REATARD (documentary)
 
Sun Feb 5 - 8:45pm
Wed Feb 8 - 9pm
Thurs Feb 9 - 9pm
 
All ages - $6 for Mayfair members, $10 for non-members
 

BETTER THAN SOMETHING is a feature documentary about the controversial and prolific garage rock icon Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr, better known to the world as Jay Reatard. This intimate portrait, captured just months before his untimely passing, brings us incredibly close to Jay's complicated punk-rock world in Memphis, Tennessee. BETTER THAN SOMETHING eloquently interweaves cinéma vérité, interviews, and archival concert performances, and features scenes from an insightful and candid week spent with Jay, who reveals personal childhood stories and the struggles of life in Memphis.
 

This intimate, posthumous portrait of the post-punk firebrand (who died in 2010, at 29) started life as a promotional short, but evolved into a truly great rock doc, “a sad, exhilarating, and ultimately inspiring documentary about a complicated young man.” (IFC)
 

http://bank.mayfairtheatre.ca/movies/Better-Than-Something-Jay-Reatard/
http://www.betterthansomething.com/