Under the Great White Northern Lights aka the White Stripes Movie!

[Watson]

The White Stripes will officially debut their upcoming concert film Under Great White Northern Lights September 18th at the Toronto International Film Festival, the band revealed on their official Website. The Stripes also posted a teaser trailer for the seeming black-and-white film, which shows the duo walking down the docks of a Canadian shore as the trailer boasts “A brother and sister’s journey across the Great White North.” It looks like an old silent film, except that it’ll be fueled by rocking White Stripes performances.

As Rock Daily previously reported, the White Stripes’ wild 2007 Canadian tour featured Jack and Meg performing in such unorthodox venues as a Winnipeg transit bus, a Prince Edward Island fishing boat and a British Columbia classroom. “When we started, we just didn’t know what we were doing, so we just [said]: ‘Film everything, see what happens,’ ” White previously told the CBC. “We’d make up an idea at breakfast of where we’d play that day, whether it was on a boat, bus, school or city park, then we’d make it happen.”

When the duo weren’t out looking for odd stages, they also played at theaters throughout Canada. A couple of performance shots are posted in the Under Great White Northern Lights section of the band’s Website, along with a picture of the Whites standing on an ice floe. No widespread theatrical release dates have been announced yet for the documentary. Jack White will also star in the upcoming guitar doc It Might Get Loud.

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Just a little teaser for now. I actually remember when they came to Toronto. They set up shop at the corner of Younge and Dundas like they were street buskers. It was pretty cool

 

[Motown Marvel]

i cant wait to see this. i was at the canadian side show in london, ontario, it was at the arva flour mill (obviously i also had tickets to the main show at night). the film is premiering at the toronto film festival. im gonna pull some strings to get into the screening.

 

[dogwonder78]

Seems like a neat idea! I can't wait.

 

[Octoberist]

it better be damn awesome

 

[Motown Marvel]

for a little background on this: in 2007 the white stripes planned an extensive tour that had shows in every province of canada, something no band has ever done before. each morning before a show, the band would sit down and plan a small "surprise side show" before the nights regularly scheduled big show. details on the day shows would be released moments before they happened, resulting in small intimate crowds, with the band performing songs and using equipment from their early years. sometimes the bands would play on a bus, sometimes they'd just set up in the street, i saw them at a flour mill. they even played a one note show. this documentary film captures that whole trip and leads up to their big 10th anniversary show in glace bay, nova scotia.

 

[Watson]

i cant wait to see this. i was at the canadian side show in london, ontario, it was at the arva flour mill (obviously i also had tickets to the main show at night). the film is premiering at the toronto film festival. im gonna pull some strings to get into the screening.

I don't think TIFF tickets are on sale yet, but normally you can buy tickets to even the big gala premieres (you just have to be fast with a mouse lol). But if you've got hook ups even better

 

[Octoberist]

I'm convinced that out of the bands from the 'indie garage band renaissance' of the early 2000s, White Stripes will be remembered the most 20 years from now.

 

[Motown Marvel]

I don't think TIFF tickets are on sale yet, but normally you can buy tickets to even the big gala premieres (you just have to be fast with a mouse lol). But if you've got hook ups even better

yeah, i think hook ups is the only way im getting into it. i dont have money to buy nothing. even if i did, i hear the ticketing process is ridiculous and confusing. but i should have a pretty good shot with my hook up. i havent paid for most jack white events in a few years.

I'm convinced that out of the bands from the 'indie garage band renaissance' of the early 2000s, White Stripes will be remembered the most 20 years from now.

i agree. not only were they pretty much singe handedly responsible for said revival, but of the other bands who were a part of it (strokes, hives, etc) the stripes were the most consistent as a quality band, most innovative, and were just able to leave the greatest impact. their longevity and popularity is well deserved.

 

[Watson]

for a little background on this: in 2007 the white stripes planned an extensive tour that had shows in every province of canada, something no band has ever done before. each morning before a show, the band would sit down and plan a small "surprise side show" before the nights regularly scheduled big show. details on the day shows would be released moments before they happened, resulting in small intimate crowds, with the band performing songs and using equipment from their early years. sometimes the bands would play on a bus, sometimes they'd just set up in the street, i saw them at a flour mill. they even played a one note show. this documentary film captures that whole trip and leads up to their big 10th anniversary show in glace bay, nova scotia.

The truly extraordinary thing was that they even went to the territories (Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut). I can't think of any major band that has done that ever, off the top of my head.

Aside from the music, this should be just a great travel log of Canada.

 

[Watson]

TORONTO — When Jack White looks back on the White Stripes' ambitious 2007 tour of Canada - chronicled in a new documentary unveiled at the Toronto International Film Festival this week - a few features stand out in his memory.

"The environment in Whitehorse, the air in Whitehorse (and) the accents of people in Newfoundland," White said Friday at a press conference.

"I just love the accents of the people. We went and played bingo one night. We didn't bring the cameras, we just wanted to go experience the town. As one of our roadies asked an 80-year-old woman next to us in bingo if she'd ever been to prison, the story that came out from her was just so special to me.

"There's a lot of those moments."

Many of them appear in "The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights," which is part music doc and part travelogue. Director Emmett Malloy and his camera crew were present for all of the Detroit duo's unorthodox Canadian trek, during which they played a show in every province and territory.

They also made a point of playing unannounced gigs in such unusual locales as a Saskatoon bowling alley, a youth drop-in centre in Edmonton and onboard a Winnipeg city bus.

White, who traces his ancestry to Nova Scotia, has typically been guarded about the inner workings of his peppermint-coloured band, allowing them to maintain a certain mystique. For instance, Jack and Meg White have long claimed to be siblings - and do so on a few occasions in the film - even though documentation surfaced years ago that they were married and divorced.

Jack White acknowledged on Friday that he and Meg were apprehensive about pulling back the curtain for fans, but he said they got over it.

"As the tour went on, we got more and more comfortable with the camera being in the room," said White, clad in a long black trench coat, T-shirt and pants, with a pair of white shoes.

Indeed, in one scene the exhausted pair were relaxed enough to fall asleep on camera, with White curled up on an armchair.

In another intimate moment, they sit at a piano together in a darkened room backstage following their tour-closing 10th anniversary show in Glace Bay, N.S. As Jack plays, Meg cries softly and he wraps his arm around her shoulder.

"It's a very powerful scene and hard for me to watch and hard for Meg to watch," White said. "But I think there's so much about it that I can't even tell you about. It's beautiful."

Added Malloy: "It was as real a moment as I've ever captured, surely."

White says he hopes to make another White Stripes album soon, and that he and Meg have been talking about working on some new songs.

"We worked on a couple recently, a few months ago, and we'll hopefully work on some more when I get a few moments," he said.

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Motown, were you able to get into the screening?

 

[Motown Marvel]

no, i ended up not being able to have the time to go. but....

Starting tomorrow, December 11th, The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights limited edition box set that celebrates their 2007 Canadian tour will be available for pre-order through whitestripes.com. The box set will include 2 DVDs (one of the documentary film and one of their 10th Anniversary show), CD/double LP of 16 live tracks, 7 inch, hardcover book of photographs and a silkscreened print.

The Vault is giving members a chance to get a FREE Rob Jones designed turntable slipmat if you order the box set before December 31st. All you have to do is email us your confirmation number and your Vault ID to: [email protected] after your pre-order is complete. We’ll then mail the slipmat directly to you.
This has been designed by Rob in line with the rest of the UGWNL box set art.

FULL DETAILS
Mixing striking live footage with poignant off-stage moments, The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights celebrates the band’s 10 year history by documenting Jack and Meg’s 2007 tour through every province and territory of Canada. Directed by Emmett Malloy, this visually stirring and emotive feature length film uniquely captures one of the world's most enigmatic bands playing to crowds in towns of all sizes across the Great White North - from traditional venues to matinee gigs at unusual locations such as a bowling alley, a boat and even on a city bus - culminating in a momentous 10th Anniversary show at the historic Savoy Theatre in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.

Limited Edition Box set includes:

- DVD of the documentary Film The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights, directed by Emmett Malloy (92 minutes)

- DVD of the band’s 10th Anniversary show, The White Stripes Under Nova Scotian Lights, directed by Emmett Malloy (135minutes)

- The first-ever official live album from The White Stripes, featuring 16 songs recorded at various shows during their 2007 Canadian tour on both vinyl and CD. The double LP comes pressed on 180 gram black vinyl packaged in a gatefold jacket with a 6 panel insert unique to the box set. The CD accompanies the film and Anniversary show DVDs in a special 7” square 3 panel folder along with a 24 page bound booklet and slipcase.

- 7 inch vinyl featuring Icky Thump (Live) and The Wheels On The Bus (Live). Two versions available with different artwork and color of vinyl depending on your country of residence.

- 208 page hard cover book containing photographs of the Canadian tour shot by Autumn de Wilde with a foreword by Jim Jarmusch.

- 1 of 6 different silk screens designed by Rob Jones

Pre-order your limited edition box set before January 1st for £ 110/$179. Prices will increase to £140 /$229 for all orders placed in the New Year. Prices do not include shipping.

All orders placed before January 1st will receive a limited edition holiday card from the band as well as three exclusive mp3’s of tracks from the 10th Anniversary show instantly upon ordering. Those tracks will be:
A Martyr For My Love For You (Live)
Hotel Yorba (live)
Hello Operator (live)

Box sets will be delivered worldwide on our around March 16, 2010. Fans will also be able to purchase standalone pieces of the film on DVD as well as CD and double vinyl of the 16 tracks on this date. The books will be available to purchase independently starting in April. The box set will be the only place you will be able to get the limited edition 7”, silk screens and The White Stripes Under Nova Scotian Lights 10th Anniversary show DVD.

more info and details at the official white stripes site.

 

[Watson]

^OOOooo....umm, anyone wanna give me $180?