SOLD-OUT - Louder Than You Think (2023)

THE FILM WILL BE SCREENED IN ENGLISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES!

Jed I. Rosenberg’s 90-minute documentary takes an intimate look at the last moments of the life of Pavement’s first drummer, Gary Young (1953–2023). Many people believe that Young’s drink and drugs-fuelled stage antics (like doing handstands and handing out vegetables) and unusual recording methods (the lo-fi aesthetic) were one of the main reasons for the early rise of the indie rock band. After leaving Pavement in 1993, Young made three experimental albums in a ten-year period under the name Gary Young’s Hospital. In Louder Than You Think, we see the protagonist, unsteady on his feet due to 30 years of scoliosis and an ever-shrinking liver, walking the narrow line between self-expression and chaotic self-destruction.

After three years, we have changed the concept. To date, the Rock Film Club has focused on Hungarian film linked to pop culture. In the new season, however, we will be screening fresh music documentaries from the English-speaking world that the Hungarian audience will probably be encountering for the first time. Elephant 6 Recording Co. presents one of the important American psychedelic rock collectives of the ’90s, while Louder Than You Think gives us a close-up look at the indie rock icon and Pavement drummer Gary Young. Anonymous Club offers a glimpse into the private life of Australian songwriter-singer Courtney Barnett, Other Music focuses on the cultural history of the New York independent music shop/centre of the same name, and the very recent film Blur: To the End documents the unexpected reunion of one of the pioneers of ’90s British pop.