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Film Fridays: “The Field of Music Has Traditionally Been Dominated By People Who Can Hear.”
A DJ lives out a hedonist’s dream in Ibiza. Then he goes deaf. It’s All Gone Pete Tong is a piece of pseudo-mockumentary magic from Michael Dowse, of Fubar fame. It’s also flashback to those heady days of debauchery on Ibiza, those days when people actually listened to Pete Tong. The film itself is a portrayal of partying’s effects on the body. Frankie Wilde (Paul Kaye), is wasted, deaf, and craggier than Keith Richards, and he’s not yet 40. According to Filmcan, Mr. Dowse is fond of calling the film a comeda, saying the fake bio aspects of the film are what give it its comic flair. You decide.
On a related note, Roger Ebert throws in his two cents on the history of Ibiza, which became famous as the home of the guy who forged Howard Hughes’ memoirs in the 1970s.