DIRECTOR: Bruce David Klein
PRODUCER: Bruce David Klein, Meat Loaf, Paulina Williams
CINEMATOGRAPHER: David E. West
WRITER Bruce David Klein
COUNTRY: USA
YEAR: 2007
RELATED WEBSITES: http://www.voom.tv/meatloaf/BRIEF: In its festival premiere, both rockumentary and intimate portrait, Bruce David Klein’s In Search of Paradise reveals a side of multi-platinum rock god (and actor) Meat Loaf seldom seen by fans. Filmed in early 2007 during the first leg of Meat’s 18-month Bat Out of Hell III tour, the film captures the exciting, poignant, and grueling journey as he battles health issues and the unexpected media controversy over the staging of one of his songs that threatens to derail the tour, leaving him frustrated and depressed. But great artists obsessively confront challenge, and Meat comes up with a deft solution (including a fabulous wig) that also gives him the last laugh in the process. Jammed with footage from behind the scenes as well as on-stage performances of such hits as “I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That),” “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad,” and “Paradise by the Dashboard Light,” we see a hypercritical artist constantly striving for “that perfect show.” Even though it seems perfectly clear that his audiences feel they get exactly that every time. 90mins. Meat Loaf and Bruce Klein in attendance.
