DVD includes 17 additional Wilco songs: alternate versions of songs from "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot", live concert performances, new unreleased songs and more. In the fall of 2000, Wilco entered the studio to record their highly anticipated fourth album. Building on three critically acclaimed albums and a reputation for phenomenal live shows, the band seemed posed to cement its reputation as one of the great American rock groups. So how is it that one year later, with completed record in hand, the band found itself rejected by its corporate record label and missing two of its original members? First-time filmmaker and award-winning photographer Sam Jones was on-hand, chronicling this turbulent chapter in Wilco's history as it unfolded. The recording process is always rife with tension. That's to be expected, especially when the band is as ambitious as Wilco. The real surprise comes when the band delivers the final album to Reprise and all they get in response is two weeks of ominous silence. Soon, contracts are being broken and partnerships are being severed as Jones discovers he has a far more tumultuous tale to tell than he originally envisioned. Throughout the film, Jones tempers the backstage dramas and unfathomable corporate shenanigans with inspired live performances, as frontman Jeff Tweedy and company perform songs from the beleaguered "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" album, eventually released and now considered a modern classic. Shot in luminous black and white, I AM TRYING TO BREAK YOUR HEART is a riveting portrait of a band making the best music of its career. "A compelling study of the relationship between music and business, rock documentaries rarely come this dramatic or honest. One of the top ten music films ever made." --MOJO "Witness the brilliance of 'Don't Look Back,' 'Gimme Shelter' and 'D.O.A.' To this list we can now add Sam Jones' 'I Am Trying to Break Your Heart,' a riveting account of the crafting of 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot,' the recent masterpiece by Chicago's Wilco." -- Jim Derogatis, CHICAGO SUN TIMES "Not since Jean Luc Godard filmed the recording sessions for the Rolling Stones' 'Sympathy for the Devil' has a filmmaker gotten this close to the creative process of musicians at work in the studio." --Bill White, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER Selected Wilco film press coverage: New York Times, NPR (RealAudio), Washington Post (feature), Washington Post (review), CNN, LA Times (feature), Chicago Sun Times (review), Chicago Sun Times (feature), Rolling Stone, Newsday, VH1, IndieWire, LA Times (review), Chicago Reader, Entertainment Weekly, Chicago Tribune, Associated Press, Pitchfork, Houston Chronicle, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Wall Street Journal. Watch "Pot Kettle Black" (QuickTime) from the DVD extras. Watch the trailer (QuickTime) ----- Buy it now from the Plexi Shop and save 20% UK DVD Release date: June, 2004 Catalog No. PLX-007 Price: £19.99 Specs: 2002, 92 minutes, black & white, super 16mm, 1.85:1 (original ratio) NTSC region 0 (world) 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 17 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 Plus a 40-page booklet with filmmaker's diary, exclusive photos and liner notes from Rolling Stone's David Fricke