A man, 10,000 records, and the slow unraveling of obsession.
British musician and writer David Toop leads viewers through a tour of his voluminous record collection, reflecting on perception, the limits of music and the connections between seemingly disparate performers. This unusual documentary from filmmakers Guy Marc Hinant and Dominique Lohlé also captures Toop's progression from engagement to near exhaustion as he methodically combs through tens of thousands of records.
Direction
Patient observation that mirrors the ritual of crate-digging itself.
Sound
Toop's spontaneous sonic tangents become the film's true score.
Director
Guy-Marc Hinant
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Toop's collection spans decades of ethnomusicology field recordings, industrial noise, and forgotten obscurities. The film was shot without traditional interviews, letting the records speak instead.
The title references both the 1960s novel about mental illness and Lynn Anderson's country hit—Toop's own sly comment on promises, beauty, and collapse.
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