Air Guitar Nation (2006)
R1 / NTSC DVD
DOCURAMA / 2007
Directed by Alexandra Lipsitz
Cast: David S. Jung, Dan Crane
Review by Vaughn Drake

What can be more cultish, geekier, and wilder then air guitar? Nothing! One day a couple of Americans realized that there was an Air Guitar World Championship that was being waged in Finland, but no Americans had ever competed. They had to change this miscarriage of justice! Fuck terrorism, this was the real problem with America—no air guitar champion! So they set up regional championships on the East and West coasts to determine the US National Champion. A quiet camera friendly dude named David Jung, using the stage name C-Diddy, took the crown, but two time runner up Dan “Bjorn Turoque” Crane would not give up and paid his own way to Finland to battle C-Diddy once again on Finish soil.

The documentary never takes itself too seriously and does nothing but entertains. I hate to name this the best documentary ever, but it is unbelievable and in my opinion, it is. Featuring a cast of characters that you can love, Air Guitar Nation also has a mid blowingly awesome soundtrack. Don’t let the ridiculous subject matter prevent you from watching 81 minutes of pure entertainment. Rent it or buy it, but make sure you watch it.

• Screen Format: 1.33.1 Full Screen / Color
• Audio: English / Dolby Digital 5.1
• Subtitles: English (Optional)
• Running time: 81 mins.

• Featurette “The Players”
• Theatrical Trailers

Air guitar is stupid. Air Guitar Nation is fucking fantastic! I had to be convinced to watch this, but I’ll be damned if this isn’t pure unadulterated entertainment. Most documentaries try to enlighten you or to indoctrinate you, but this documentary simply wants to entertain you, and it does it perfectly. If you don’t have a smile on your face the whole way through, you need psychiatric help.

“…the ultimate feel good film!”