U2: From the Sky Down
2011 · 86 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 1,016 VOTES · DIR. Davis Guggenheim
Overview
This documentary film is about the making of U2's Achtung Baby. In 2011, U2 returned to Hansa Studios in Berlin to discuss the making of Achtung Baby. This film is directed by Davis Guggenheim. Screened in the UK as part of the BBC's Imagine series, this film was the first ever documentary to open the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival. Included is bonus footage of "So Cruel," "Love is Blindness," and "The Fly" shot in May 2010 during the band's visit to Hansa Studios to mark the 20th anniversary of Achtung Baby. Also included is a Q&A with Bono, The Edge, and Davis Guggenheim filmed at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2011.
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00:00:39 What people are doing when they're forming a band
00:06:04 Yeah, it's a special mix accentuating the guitar.
00:10:14 Bono is the same now as he was back then.
00:13:01 they had a piano.
00:15:49 and if it isn't difficult, they don't trust it.
00:19:07 So, A to...
00:22:22 He would say 'Yoshua'.
00:25:04 lt was hell.
00:28:59 if we went on this journey to discover American music
00:31:47 "so full of madness.
00:34:57 And not just American, but like some American show band.
00:38:40 rhythm that could only be created using computers and machines.
00:41:28 Bass guitar.
00:43:57 "We want to soak up that atmosphere." lt was like, "OK, brilliant."
00:46:25 "This is the wall." And we're like...
00:49:26 There's a load of gypsies living there.
00:53:00 I was... I was running away, I suppose.
00:55:40 it was probably... for a moment, each man for himself
00:59:55 Didn't that shift into...
01:02:57 we try and go with him dynamically.
01:05:56 I think there was about two months where there was a sort of sense of regrouping
01:08:39 it came in so low and then it went...
01:11:59 and we distorted the voice, so I could go...
01:16:20 And Ned reckons he can get fins on it and all sorts.