Director: Watching METALLICA Perform Is 'Religious Experience' For Fans

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METALLICA's new 3D IMAX movie, "Metallica Through The Never", opens this Friday (September 27) on IMAX screens before expanding to more theaters on October 4.A new video interview with members of METALLICA and the film's director, Nimród Antal, can be seen below (courtesy of NME TV)."We decided we needed to make this unique," METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett told QMI Agency about the "Through The Never" movie. "So we came up with the concept of having a running narrative in the movie that weaves in and out of the concert footage. We liked that idea enough to tell our managers, 'This is the type of movie we want to make.'""I think that METALLICA fans that are really into action films and movies with a lot of energy are going to be blown away," METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich told Revolver magazine. "This is a very unique film. I don’t know what people are going to think of it. I like it. But obviously I’m biased."METALLICA reportedly spent $20 million of its own money to make the film, which was screened at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas this past Wednesday (September 25).The soundtrack, which features a number of METALLICA classics performed live in the movie, was released on September 24. The two-disc CD came out on METALLICA's own label, Blackened Recordings, also in digital and vinyl formats.The concert sequences for the movie were shot in August 2012 at two shows in Vancouver, Canada and feature a stage containing elements of many of METALLICA's previous live productions from the past 30 years.


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