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
00:06:07 OK, it's certainly very 'special'.
00:10:20 The moment I met him, he had the ball and he was running with it
00:13:10 my instinct was to find another note that felt good with it.
00:16:08 even if there are one or two things to repair.
00:20:10 ls this what you would do?
00:22:48 and the environment of the songs.
00:25:31 Bono felt particularly vulnerable -
00:29:32 That's such a shame, really.
00:32:22 That's like somebody taking you out to dinner
00:35:55 I'd like to thank Edge and Adam and Larry
00:39:23 When I was 1 6, one of the first records I bought for Ali was Man Machine
00:42:11 that you could just sit on the groove
00:44:41 and let the thing go kind of out of control.
00:47:20 The wall was here, somewhere. The wall was here, I think.
00:50:37 We would go into the room
00:54:05 So, when he's going through bad times, dang, dadang, dadang!
00:57:29 a rough melody
01:01:11 Something happened, something comes into the room
01:04:28 they weren't convinced, because we weren't convincing them.
01:07:20 The idea is to try to set a scene
01:10:03 Everybody knows the value of the band.
01:14:30 the contradictory nature of it.
08:04:08 there were a variety of different artists.