Some Kind of
Monster, also the name of a song released in 2003 by
Metallica, is a documentary following the making of the album St.
Anger. It also shows the band's relationships and the turmoil that goes
on behind closed doors.
Metallica
are forced to examine their nature and their very existence as frontman
James
Hetfield abruptly leaves the group to enter a rehabilitation facility.
Metallica's management Q-Prime hires "performance-enhancing coach"
Phil Towle to help the group better understand one another as friends,
bandmates and human beings. Towle is frequently yet erroneously
referred to as
a "therapist", since he voluntarily revoked his own license from the
Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board in the early 1990s for
"trying
to improperly convince clients to continue treatment". When the members
of
Metallica decide that 'The Therapist' is no longer required and tell
Phil Towle
this he tries to convince them that they still need him - "We've still
got
some trust issues that I think we need to sort out."
Release: July 9, 2004
Director
and Writer: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
Cast:
Metallica, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich,
Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo
