Moby Doc

At this point fans of Moby who are interested in seeing this documentary have probably read at least one of his books. If not then I would definitely recommend this doc as a starting point. While it mainly focuses on Moby telling his story first person it also heavily features new interviews from David Lynch which I found interesting and worthwhile. For longtime fans of Moby I'm sure some of the information in this will be rehashed material but I still found it enjoyable to watch and I would recommend it if you are a fan.

The first half of this documentary is amazing. You're instantly hooked and wanna see it to the end, but it anticlimax in the end. He failed to carry the vision through. It's as if the second half of it was spent on psychedelics trying to make something which would blow our mind but fails to explode.

Or read it, it's far more intimate and engaging. The David lynch twin peaks Laura theme song was forced. I listened the audiobook a few months ago then realized this doc exists. The visuals makes it compelling and the way he mocks himself (which is not in the book) makes this documentary a little light, unserious, for the topic. Moby has lived a very intense life and that comes thru both, book and documentary but the devil is in the details and this cinematography piece lacks the puches of despair that emerged from chaotic passages in the book.

In resume, yes this is a easy to consume lighter version of the book...

Moby is making bio-doc about himself. One must always be weary when a famous person is doing their own biography. Is he willing to go dark? Is he willing to go deep? The answer seems to be maybe. It boils down to the poop story. It's disgusting, degrading, and it's a low-key brag. It doesn't get more rock n roll than waking up from an orgy. The poop is the extra cherry on top to out-do even the most extreme stories. Sure it's not snorting human remains but it's the next best thing. That's this movie. He's telling us about his alcoholism, his hedonistic lifestyle, his dysfunctional family, and his redemption into activism. It's Moby as told by Moby. At least, he has enough crazy stories to keep this interesting.

Reading the reviews here one is surprised at so many people not liking the documentary and even more so not liking the musician the person even i wonder why they even watched that?

• Personally I am a huge fan of the music of this man it is beautiful most of the time and very deep in a sort of spiritual religious sometimes Christian way.

When you hear about his first 5 to 10 years especially the demise of his father and the way it happened you can see and feel that this level of trauma can either destroy a person for their entire life or make it that they dig deeper and turn this unbelievable level of pain into some artistic creation which not only helps the creator but also helps people who come into contact with those creations.

• There are now countless number of recordings of Moby and quite frankly I do not see the quality ever waning in any of them. The one that was slated the most was called animal rights and with hindsight it now sounds ace too

anyway enough about the music to the documentary then

The way he has put this together is very much a sort of punk do-it-yourself kind of method of putting footage arranging it in a way that amuses the viewers

He jumps around quite a lot between different periods but in the end is quite chronological. It is a creative piece of work in itself. I came to this documentary on the back of reading the first book he wrote called Porcelain about the years up to 1999 I think. I shall read the second book as well but what is in this documentary is exactly exactly what is in the first book but of course with the added possibility of graphics and photos so in many ways it is more interesting but the book is really really good too highly highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it

As Music documentaries go and there are so many bad ones around this one is really very good I shall give it probably a nine it is not perfect but it is close to perfect. Every fan should and will probably have seen this let me just say thank you to Moby for all this incredible music which lifts the spirit time and time again. And has the guy got ego issues? Is he a little bit self-centred? Come on folks he's a musician :-)