The Stans documentary is exploring the mania of fans and Stan’s culture

New Eminem Documentary film, StanS, gives a handful of lucky fans an opportunity to think about their deep admiration for their favorite artist – but finding the right line between love and obsession was an accurate balance of the director Stephen Likart.

“The reason for” Stan “and this iconic song is that there is a feeling that it can be real, true? Of course there are obsessed people. US weekly Before the documentary on Thursday, August 7, the theatrical release. “I mean, there were people who claimed to be associated with (EMINEM) for sure. Everything is under the sun. They have 45 million followers On Instagram, you are one of the most famous people in the world, you will attract a lot of diversity. After a while, nothing surprised me. “

The film, which includes explicit interviews with Emineem (the real name of Marshal Matherz) about his life in the spotlight, begins to explore the complex relationship between rapper and his melodies from the listeners over the years. It is a dynamic that first appeared with the release of the song “Stan” for 2000, and it is a song about the fans who pushed his hero to his early death. The path, Incorporate DeedoIt was a catalyst for the term “Stans”, a phrase that is still present in Zeitgeist Pop Culture today to explain the next level with celebrities.

Likart said that the concept of the documentary began “several years ago” when it was the producer Paul Rosenberg I wanted to do something “unconventional” – a deep diving in the culture of fans.

“They have been running to these people in the offers, and some of them (Eminem to sign then be blond hair, or they were dying from difficult in random countries in Europe (from America), and thus began to obtain this idea for some people who might want to include them in the movie,” he explained. “And they performed some filming a day.”

When Leckhart joined the project five years ago, the casting process was kicked in the “high equipment”. The Emine Prize -winning director and his team put an online link through EMINEM’s social media accounts in an online questionnaire. He said: “Within three to four months, we had more than 9000 requests, largely from all over the world.”

When it comes to choosing who will actually appear in the documentary, Likhart confirmed that they were looking for a diversity. “Like,” we already have a person who has a lot of tattoo (from eminem) and is in the book of the book of World Records, so let’s not focus on tattoos, “he explained, adding that they” are looking for people who reflect the story of Eminem or music in different ways. “

Ultimately, they managed to build this “wonderful mix of people” from the 22nd girl to fans who traveled to Detroit so that they could stand on the ground where Emineem’s house was present.

Despite some of the most loyal followers of Emineem – the project – and a section of the consecrated document to discuss the possibility that these fans will meet their idols – the artist “Lose Weaffey” does not cross with any of his colleagues in the movie. Leckhart said it is a topic that he did not raise even with EMINEM, because “he does not want the movie to become a channel for our characters to meet him.”

He said: “I did not want to make what would feel that it was a realistic moment of presentation, because there was no better word,” noting that the story of a fan, Zolt, included an Emineem interview in a special way that deserves her own moment to shine.

“After I already met him and has that picture, and the way he narrated the story in the interview, it was a dream. He was very strange,” he remembered that Zult hears his story about crossing the paths with Eyenim. “The way he describes it, it was as if he had risen to heaven and met an angel. Therefore, there was no way for the documentary films crew to capture something magical actually happened.”

Eminem, for his part, reconsiders more than his complex history at times with his fans in the document – the rapper also discusses his past addiction and life as a father Labanah Hailie Jade And his general personality. According to Leckart, there was nothing outside the border.

He told us: “What is beautiful in (Emineem) and his team from their meeting jump, then the development of the project and a lot of conversations took place. It was just a cooperative throughout the entire process.” “So there was more,” Stephen, told us, in your opinion, tell us what you want to do, tell us. “Then we had a dialogue. It wasn’t,” Here’s a list of things and we will cut your heart because we do not do them. “

Leckhart is an incredibly proud of the project as a whole, and it is essentially a celebration of Eminem’s influence on people through his music and words. Hopefully, viewers will see this in this way as well.

“Frankly, the interviews we had with Stan were very deep,” he participated. “So what we see, in the end, the best of these stories. But everyone we met had an emotional moment.”

Stac It will have a limited theatrical version on Thursday, August 7, and until Sunday, August 10.