{"id":21563,"date":"2016-05-15T15:01:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-15T19:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=21563"},"modified":"2016-05-19T15:13:06","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T19:13:06","slug":"film-review-gary-numan-android-la-la-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=21563","title":{"rendered":"Film review: \u2018Gary Numan: Android in La La Land\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8216;Gary Numan: Android in La La Land&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>is a documentary about\u00a0British musical innovator Gary Numan (real name &#8211; Gary Webb), which\u00a0was screened at this year&#8217;s Hot Docs festival in Toronto as part of Canadian Music Week. The film\u00a0follows Webb\u00a0as he packs up his family and they\u00a0move from rural England to Los Angeles,\u00a0all while he was\u00a0recording and launching his 2013 album &#8216;Splinter (Songs From a Broken Mind)&#8217;. \u00a0He finishes his first LP\u00a0of all-new material in seven years in Los Angeles, experiencing all the anxiety and exhaustion that comes with both moving across the world and releasing a record. The documentary was produced by Rob Alexander, and filmed &amp; directed by Steve Read. Watch the trailer via YouTube below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q5gcQeMNSVc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Gary Numan: Android in La La Land&#8217; is split into the two themes\u00a0&#8211; Webb&#8217;s\u00a0home life \/ past and the story revolving around the new album. The back story about Webb&#8217;s past, anxiety and rise to fame\u00a0(and subsequent fall) was really interesting to hear\u00a0directly from Webb. Also, seeing how he interacts with his wife Gemma and daughters gives a glimpse into\u00a0what he&#8217;s like personally and how he deals with his personal issues; this is interesting whether you&#8217;re a fan or not. The scenes revolving around the new album and live performances would likely only be of interest to fans. I would have preferred that\u00a0Alexander and Read focused more on the Webb&#8217;s personal life rather than the new album. This isn&#8217;t to say there was no place for the new album recording and launch, but putting less focus on that\u00a0story\u00a0would\u00a0have strengthened\u00a0the film.<\/p>\n<p>There were also a\u00a0few holes that weren&#8217;t explained;\u00a0for example, they talked about\u00a0Webb getting himself\u00a0severely in debt due to extravagant live lighting and production spending, yet\u00a0he moves\u00a0into a huge mansion in Los Angeles. The film is about his return after 7 years of silence and having been in severe debt, how can\u00a0he can afford this enormous mansion? This just left more questions after the film\u00a0&#8211; not in a good way.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, it was a very interesting documentary, and a must-see especially\u00a0for Numan fans, even with the disjointed explanations. For non-fans, check it out on DVD or stream it,\u00a0when its out and fast forward through the album related footage\u00a0to\u00a0make it more enjoyable for you.<\/p>\n<p>The interactions with his wife and children\u00a0made\u00a0me hope\u00a0that someone should create a reality television show about them. They&#8217;re really genuine, interesting, lovely people, and I&#8217;d like to see more of them.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on &#8216;Gary Numan: Android in La La Land,&#8217; visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/numandroidfilm\" target=\"_blank\">facebook.com\/numandroidfilm<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>&#8216;Gary Numan: Android in La La Land&#8217;\u00a0is a documentary about\u00a0British musical innovator Gary Numan (real name &#8211; Gary Webb), which\u00a0was screened at this year&#8217;s Hot <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=21563\" title=\"Film review: \u2018Gary Numan: Android in La La Land\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21566,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,15,28,33],"tags":[4730,507,4731,4754,4755],"class_list":["post-21563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-documentary","category-film","category-music","category-review","tag-android-in-la-la-land","tag-gary-numan","tag-hot-docs","tag-rob-alexander","tag-steve-read"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/maxresdefault.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-5BN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7366,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=7366","url_meta":{"origin":21563,"position":0},"title":"Gary Numan reveals new track &#8216;I Am Dust&#8217; + album info","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"August 6, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Gary Numan, the\u00a080's music innovator and Culture Addicts fave, is back with a new track and an announcement that he will be releasing a new album this fall.\u00a0Listen to the grinding, dark track\u00a0I Am Dust via Soundcloud below. 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