The upcoming One Direction 3D concert movie will surely get plenty of attention as it nears its late August release. Even if it doesn’t get a lot of press from the outlets I tend to follow, for its hoards of fans, the buildup will be massive. This could all actually be happening right now and I may be just completely oblivious to it, but I have heard little about this movie since it was announced the Morgan Spurlock was signed to direct it.
That was some news that really piqued my interest. I’m a bit intrigued by the concert film genre, especially for huge pop stars, as a fascinating instrument of propaganda, from Justin Bieber to Katy Perry to Beyonce’s self-directed HBO movie. These films interest me because they tend to be the star’s, or their management’s, vision of how they want their story to be told. They’re extremely manipulative and remove anything the least bit unflattering about the stars. They’re presented as documentaries but to consider them completely non-fictional would be naïve. So having a mildly subversive director like Morgan Spurlock helming the One Direction movie could potentially mean something different. It could be presented as a typical concert film but contain subtle cues about realities that counter the boy band’s desired message. Or, he could just be looking to get paid.
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