Featuring interviews with Phoebe Bridgers, Jeff Tweedy, Jim James, and Jackson Browne, 'Really Good Rejects' is a loving look at music, guitars, and the people who create both. Our SXSW2022 review:
Whenever a musician plays the guitar in Really Good Rejects, the new documentary from The Donut King director Alice Gu, animated lines come out of the strings, as if this instrument is finally coming to life when in use. Really Good Rejects shines a light on luthier Reuben Cox, the man who brings these instruments to life, using reclaimed wood to make rubber bridge guitars that have become sought after by some of the biggest musicians in the world.
Cox, a former photography teacher, opened a music shop in Los Angeles, crafting gorgeous stringed instruments, which quickly caught the attention of Aaron Dessner from The National. Since then, Cox has been making instruments for a myriad of guitarists like Carrie Brownstein, Andrew Bird, Phoebe Bridgers, Jackson Browne, and Jim James of My Morning Jacket. Dave Grohl has picked up a guitar at Cox’s shop. The National has performed for an incredibly small audience in the parking lot.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY While Cox’s story is compelling, and it’s wonderful to simply watch Cox talk about the construction of these guitars and watch him put them together, Gu expands this story beyond Cox and his shop. After Gu interviews several of the aforementioned musicians about Cox’s instruments, she starts to explore their origins of music, where their love of becoming a musician comes from, and the first times they ever were struck by the beauty of music.
Opening up Really Good Rejects into such a broad focus could have made this a bit too much to handle for one documentary, but Gu always brings the story back to Cox and his work, how having the right tool in the right hands can create absolute magic. Cox has inspired some of the world’s greatest musicians, and seeing these musicians make incredible music with his instruments has similarly inspired him and his instruments.
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