News > Guggenheim to Unveil Guitarist Documentary at Cannes

Davis Guggenheim, director of "An Inconvenient Truth," has recently completed filming his next documentary, titled "It Might Get Loud." The film will follow "the story of the electric guitar" and how it changed in the hands of three different guitarists: Jimmy Page (of Led Zeppelin), The Edge (of U2), and Jack White (of the White Stripes).

According to Variety, Guggenheim chose these three axe handlers above all others "for their impact across three different generations – from Page's 1960s days as a session musician and a member of the Yardbirds into the Edge's unique sound developed in the '80s through White's current work." Each guitarist will discuss his own method of playing, and the film will even include a jam session between the three.

Has White already had enough of an impact on the music world to stand next to Jimmy Page? Maybe, maybe not, but I guess they've got to tie it into the present and appeal to the kids somehow.

Thomas Tull produced and financed the film that shot in Dublin, London, Nasville, and L.A. The Little Film Co. will represent the picture at Cannes.

-David Morgan