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Rock that Uke The ukulele. It’s more than a tiny musical instrument. It’s a state of mind. ROCK THAT UKE is a quirkily philosophical cinematic love poem that examines the near mystical allure of the ukulele and the recent wave of alternative and experimental musicians who have taken up the four-stringed underdog of the music world to incorporate it not just into their raucous and irreverent original compositions, but into a counter cultural/post-punk ethos. Interviewing a broad range of ukuleleists ROCK THAT UKE asks among other probing questions, “Is there a ukulele personality?” and “What compels someone to amplify and distort this little instrument to play loud, aggressive music?” The answers reveal a fascinating Zeitgeist of irony, angst and impotent rage that transcends the subject. In ROCK THAT UKE, the ukulele becomes an unexpected metaphor for the human experience. ROCK THAT UKE explores the big questions by asking the small ones. It's a peek at human nature through a very tiny sound hole. ROCK THAT UKE runs 63 minutes and was shot in color in glorious MiniDV Scope. It is directed by William Preston Robertson & Sean Anderson, produced by Bald Guy With a Dent In His Head Productions, and features bookend voice narration by Academy Award-winning actress Holly Hunter--or as the filmmakers like to call her, "The Human Rock-and-Roll Ukulele." ROCK THAT UKE is the winner of three film festival awards and was paid for in part by a grant from the KET Fund for Independent Production.
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The Filmmaker: William Preston Robertson Ukelear Meltdown is delighted to announce that the maker of Rock that Uke, William Preston Robertson, will be attending the festival. Bill is 51 years old and lives in Sacramento, California. He has worked as a voice actor on the Coen Brothers’ Barton Fink (1991), Miller's Crossing (1990), Raising Arizona (1987) and Blood Simple (1984) and was the uncredited field interviewer and archivist of Minnesota accents for their film Fargo. He has written numerous screenplays, including Johhny Skidmarks (The Killer Inside--UK) (1987), as well as the book "The Making of Joel and Ethan Coen's The Big Lebowski" (Faber & Faber), and the official unpublished novelization to Sam Raimi's horror classic The Evil Dead (1981). Previous to Rock That Uke, he wrote and directed the short film Weeping Shriner. www.imdb.com/name/nm0002485
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