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Among my interests outside
of movies is music, and Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky’s Some Kind Of Monster
is a marriage of those two. Most famous for their 1994 documentary on the West
Memphis Three, Paradise Lost (which Metallica gave permission for their music
to be used, previously unheard of for the group), Berlinger and Sinofsky were
granted unprecedented access to the band, and what follows is a no-holds-barred
documentary. Unfolding with the scope of a truly cinematic epic, it’s an honest
look at a band in turmoil, acrimonious differences, existential crises, addiction,
attempting to keep a semblance of sanity amidst the tumultuous process of
recording their album St. Anger. In a different context, scenes such as the
sit-down between former guitarist Dave Mustaine and Lars Ulrich, or the ‘power
struggles’ between Ulrich and James Hetfield, himself battling alcoholism at
the time of filming, could have been cast upon the stage as an almost
Shakespearean play. It’s a testament to one of the more fascinating sagas in
recent music history.
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