Local-ish filmmaker Bob Moczydlowsky reveals trailer for 72 Musicians

Put on your thinking-back caps, scenesters: It was over two years ago … February of ’07 … the OxBlood Records Showcase at the Record Bar … 12 local bands … and a film crew led by a dude named Bob Moczydlowsky.

Bob had come to his hometown former KC home (he was born in Fort Collins, CO, and went to KU) from his current base out in L.A. to film the two-night showcase for a documentary about the Kansas City music scene — and yet not. The proceedings had a very unusual twist built in.

The bands caught on film — In the Pines, the Architects, the Pedaljets, Ghosty, et al — were all local KC-Lawrence groups, as were the 72 area musicians Bob interviewed about what it’s like hustling in the music biz. However, through the whole process, there was to be no mention of where it all was taking place. Kansas City’s identity would be kept secret until the end of the film. As he told Heartbeat City back in ’07: “The reflected glow will be on KC,” he says. “People will be curious about this town if we do this right, and they’ll want to investigate it more.”

Though the film, now titled 72 Musicians, isn’t completely finished, a trailer has been posted to the project’s site. And it looks FUCKING COOL.