"WE ARE X" wins world cinema documentary award for best edit

WE ARE X, documentary filme on legendary Jrock band X Japan, has won the award at the Sundance Institute. This is the award in the world cinema documentary category for the special jury award for best edit. This documentary takes viewers on a journey of the sweet beginnings of childhood friends, glimpse into the past with the full line-up including hide, to the X Japan we know today. Fans in American should take a look at where they will be showing this via their website.

“I told them, ‘Trust me, give me everything. I’ll make everything happen,’ ” he says. “It’s like creating a new family.”- Yoshiki

Let’s take a look at what the Institute said about WE ARE X:

The music never had to be explained. For childhood friends Yoshiki and Toshi, forming their band X in 1982 was a way of living through music. Soon they were selling out international stadiums by perfecting their own style of amps-to-11 glam rock—dubbed “psychedelic violence crime of visual shock” (imagine Iron Maiden with a David Bowie spirit animal)—and connecting with millions of fans.

Their journey to play Madison Square Garden amidst a Beatlemania-shaped maelstrom is expertly captured by director Stephen Kijak and editors Mako Kamitsuna and John Maringouin, who dismantle the kitsch and dig into the cult of personality to reveal a story of misfortune and tragedy that has shadowed the band time and again. Just as it is for their fans, music becomes a lifeblood for X Japan, as they are forced to reinvent and regroup in order to survive. Cameos by artistic giants including Marilyn Manson and David Lynch mark some memorable moments in this roller-coaster musical experience.