vh1 behind the music catapult the rock documentary to a different level ( good or bad be your opinion ) however and the structure the vh1 producer use work wonder represent rebellious teen and start band and pluck from obscurity and poverty by major label . rise fall and rise . good dramatic arc fearless freak follow this formula a bit but have different ambition and and mostly i think it succeed . but some sloppy storytelling and an excessive running time hurt the film a bit . still there be moment of pure fascination and emotion and heartache in this one ( spoiler # 1 ) 3 2 1 the heroin addiction scene with steve mention in previous post become a frightening and depress yet fascinate side note . even if one view this scene and have never hear the flame lip . you will be move . powerful stuff . thanks to both steve and the filmmaker courage to let the audience be move by this very difficult intimate scene . however and somewhat like most of the lip earlier record and the film lack direction and focus and become very vignette like . no real connective glue . maybe an editing issue . ( spoiler # 2 ) 3 2 1 example . one part of the film mention how band member steve have some member of this family commit suicide but doesn not come full circle with the story tell . they just drop that fragment . you do not know who . when . where . why . steve girlfriend mention it and the filmmaker just drop the whole thing . never tie it up . disappointing . example 2 ( spoiler ) 3 2 1 the film use these psychedelic montage a break point for the story . come on people . you could have easily come up with a good transition device ( i be a video editor by trade so i think i can be critical of this flaw ) when the film doesn not drop the ball and effectively tell the story of flame lips member family or relative or sibling it can compete with any other human interest documentary out there . truly move emotional stuff . so wrap it up . a good not great film about a soon to be legendary semi cult band . and for music freak like myself the film feature interview of gibby of butthole surfer and johnathan donahue from mercury rev and meg and jack white and beck and and some others . really cool end kdc .