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How the Mars Volta Rock Doc ‘Omar and Cedric’ Burns Down the Genre and Gets ‘Lost in Space Into Some Other Quantum Reality’
"Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird" is an unconventional film made about the creative partnership between the Mars Volta masterminds.
The pair met as El Paso high-schoolers obsessed with punk music, and soon began a creative partnership that lasted through multiple bands, scores of albums and hundreds of explosive live shows. The centerpiece of their creativity is a constant search for fresh sounds and ideas, and the new film about their friendship — “ Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird ” — pushes the music documentary format forward as well. The film, out in select theaters Wednesday via Oscilloscope Laboratories, was directed by Nicolas Jack Davies, who took the job as a fan of the duo’s work since their breakout as members of post-punk group At the Drive-In.
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