Chrissie Hynde Hates Cameras and Talking About Herself. She Made a Pretenders Doc Anyway
The film gives the Pretenders a long-overdue portrait, and Hynde says she would rather tell the story herself than watch it.
- At the Toronto International Film Festival, a documentary about Chrissie premiered, offering 'a long overdue portrait' that avoids glossy, heavily authorized tropes.
- To ensure the documentary followed her vision, Hynde insisted on avoiding 'gushing' narratives or 'women in rock' tropes, specifically requesting no face-to-face interviews.
- Though she sat for one on-camera interview, Hynde, 75, refuses to watch the finished film, stating, 'I find it depressing looking back.'
- Director CROWLEY prioritized the music, letting it play rather than breaking it down in the studio with Chris Thomas, avoiding over-production.
- The film complements her 2015 book 'Reckless: My Life as a Pretender,' which Hynde described as 'a story of drug abuse,' capturing her life without traditional celebrity observation.
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Chrissie Hynde hates cameras and talking about herself. She made a Pretenders doc anyway – WTOP News
TORONTO (AP) — Chrissie Hynde is not one for looking back. She detests self-mythologizing. She doesn’t even like cameras. She’s just about the most reluctant documentary subject there is. Yet filmmaker Joss Crowley, after years of persuading, finally managed to get Hynde to go along with the first authorized documentary on her seminal rock band, the Pretenders. There were ground rules. Hynde would only sit for one on-camera interview. She wanted…
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Chrissie Hynde hates cameras and talking about herself. She made a Pretenders doc anyway
TORONTO (AP) — Chrissie Hynde is not one for looking back. She detests self-mythologizing. She doesn’t even like cameras. She’s just about the most reluctant documentary subject there is.
Chrissie Hynde hates cameras and talking about herself. She made a Pre
TORONTO (AP) — Chrissie Hynde is not one for looking back. She detests self-mythologizing. She doesn’t even like cameras. She’s just about the most reluctant documentary subject there is. Yet filmmaker Joss Crowley, after years of persuading,
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