“The Best Summer,” which premiered Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival, is a documentary film from director Tamra Davis that captures a potent moment in time for Sonic Youth, the Beastie Boys, Foo Fighters, Pavement, Rancid, Beck, Bikini Kill, Kim Deal’s the Amps and other influential 1990s alternative artists.
The 90-minute movie was assembled from footage that Davis shot DIY-style on Sony Hi8 camcorders in December 1995 and January 1996 as that collection of bands toured Australia on the Lollapalooza-esque Summersault festival. Sonic Youth, the Beastie Boys and Foo Fighters then went on to play dates in Southeast Asia that were promoted by MTV International to tout its newly launched TV channels in the region.
“It was an exhausting tour for me. I remember that a lot,…
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