I Am Trying To Break Your Heart

When photographer and commercial director Sam Jones began plans to make I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, he envisioned a long-form rock video about the making of a Wilco album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. But right from the start, it seemed that Jones was destined to make a documentary about an extremely ...more

I Am Trying to Break Your Heart is a enjoyable documentary about the band Wilco, and the making of the album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. The film will certainly appeal to the band's fans, but there are enough interesting people and dramatic events documented here to draw in viewers unfamiliar with Wilco's music. Front and center is Jeff Tweedy, the band's disheveled, musically adventurous lead singer, who has a somewhat antagonistic relationship with the band's talented guitarist, Jay Bennett (who ...more

2-disc DVD edition of the acclaimed documentary by Sam Jones.

Disc 1:
- I AM TRYING TO BREAK YOUR HEART (high definition digital transfer, 16 x 9 anamorphic presentation enhanced for widescreen TVs.)
- Feature commentary from director Sam Jones and Wilco
- Original Theatrical trailer
- English language subtitles for the hearing impaired

Disc 2:
- Over 70 minutes of extra footage, featuring additional Wilco songs: alternate versions of songs from "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot", live concert performances and new unreleased songs
- "I Am Trying To Make A Film" making-of featurette 40-PAGE BOOKLET: Filmmaker's diary, exclusive photos and liner notes from Rolling Stone's David Fricke.
Encoding: Region 0 (World)
Format: NTSC