I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco
2002 · 92 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 2,240 VOTES · DIR. Sam Jones
Overview
A documentary by photographer Sam Jones documenting American rock band Wilco recording their fourth album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Originally intended as a showcase of the band's creative process, the film crew catches unexpected complications between the band and its record label and problems among the band members themselves.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,522 lines
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00:00:10 In some ways, they've made their most ambitious record yet.
00:05:18 # And sixty-three cents #
00:09:25 This is probably the closest to pure collaboration
00:13:03 # I'm not going outside #
00:17:54 I just knew what kind of position you're in and stuff.
00:22:19 Not all of them.
00:27:29 Yeah.
00:30:42 which was, "I think this does create a domino effect. "
00:33:42 from a new starting point?
00:36:06 again and again and again.
00:39:39 # I'm always in love #
00:43:47 to what the original thing was.
00:46:43 they asked us to change the record.
00:49:43 and that was the first of many phone calls I got...
00:52:26 # Nothin ' #
00:56:41 # And I can't think of anything #
01:00:57 Has Jay been here since like 6:00 in the morning?
01:05:25 It's my understanding, from what I heard in the grapevine
01:08:42 I had thought very, very seriously
01:12:10 stop thinking about it from a pure artistic level
01:15:26 # Me ever forget this impossible longing for you #
01:18:28 # Shiny, shiny pants and bleached-blond hair #
01:22:36 # Be not so nervous #
01:27:16 Whoo!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,522
Dialogue density16.5 lines / min
First line00:00:10
Final line01:27:16
Production Record
DirectorSam Jones
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,240