Beastie Boy Adam Yauch tricks out his new documentary, Gunnin' For That #1 Spot, with a ton of aural and editorial bling, and I daresay the results would inspire Eisenstein himself to proffer an affirming nod from the great beyond. There's clear method behind each and every of Yauch's multiple cuts, freeze-frames, digital zooms, overlays, and transpositions, all of which are countered and/or harmonized by a truly awesome soundtrack that skips effortlessly (though never nonsensically) between numerous funk and hip-hop tracks—Kool and the Gang bumping up 'gainst Jay-Z; Afrika Bambaataa going head-to-head with Biggie Smalls.
Yauch's aesthetics are impressive, but his meanings are muddled.
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