Directed by Peaches Music by Peaches Edited by Robin Thomson | Written by Peaches Cinematography Robin Thomson | |
Release date September 13, 2012 (2012-09-13) (Toronto International Film Festival) | ||
Peaches Does Herself is an electro rock opera stage show that tells a mythical history of the musician Peaches. Peaches Does Herself follows the musician Peaches through her journey from bedroom wannabe musician to Rockstar. Through a selection of songs from Peaches 4 official albums, a mythical biography is told based on the misconceptions surrounding Peaches image. On the advice of a 65-year-old stripper, Peaches makes music that is sexually forthright. Her popularity grows and she becomes what her fans expect her to be, transsexual. She falls in love but Peaches gets her heart broken and has to realize who she really is. Described as an anti jukebox musical. Peaches wrote directed and played the role of Peaches. This is Peaches first feature film. The video was made available via both streaming and download on June 14th, 2014.
Contents
List of screening festivals
Cast
Peaches Danni Daniels Sandy Kane
The Fatherfucker Dancers: Quincy Junor Fernando Belfiore Emilie Combet Lia Dimou Marcela Donato Assaf Hochman Justin Kennedy Muck Munoz
Sweet Machine: Saskia Hahn Conner Rapp Mathias Brendel
Professor: Armin Dallapiccola
Riot Grrrl band:Jolly Goods
Peaches' ex-lover: Mignon (musician)
Sandy Kane's posse: Joel Gibb
Band Roadie: Brendan Schoenwetter
Doctor: Angie Reed
Nurse: Joel Gibb
Violin Players: Alina Petrescu Johanna Walesch
Balloon artist: Sean Rooney
Small boy: Mignon
Tranimals: Lilo Libido Viola
Professor’s speech written by: Eike Wittrock
Soundtrack
"Rock Show"
Written by Peaches
Performed by Jolly Goods
I U She Music Gmbh
"Set It Off"
Written and performed by Peaches
I U She Music Gmbh
"I'm the Kinda"
Written and performed by Peaches
I U She Music Gmbh
"I U She"
Written by Peaches
Performed by Peaches and Mathias Brendel
I U She Music Gmbh
"Lovertits"
Written by Peaches
Performed by Mignon, Peaches and Sweet Machine
I U She Music Gmbh
"Diddle My Skittle"
Written and Performed by Peaches
I U She Music Gmbh
"Show Stopper"
Written by Peaches, Gonzales, & Simian Mobile Disco
Performed by Peaches and Sweet Machine
I U She Music Gmbh, Emi Music Publishing, Warner Music UK Limited
"Rock 'N' Roll"
Written by Peaches, Gonzales, & Taylor Savvy
Performed by Peaches and Sweet Machine
"I Love Dick"
Written and Performed by*Sandy Kane
Sandy Kane Music
"AA XXX"
Written by Peaches
Additional lyrics Sandy Kane
Performed by Sandy Kane and Joel Gibb
I U She Music GmbH, Sandy Kane Music
"Sucker"
Written and Performed by Peaches
I U She Music GmbH
"Operate"
Written by Peaches and Sticky
Performed by Peaches, Sweet Machine and Mignon
I U She Music GmbH, Copyright Control Shares
"Tent in Your Pants" (a capella)
Written by Peaches
Performed by The Fatherfucker Dancers
I U She Music GmbH
"Boys Wanna Be Her"
Written by Peaches
Performed by Peaches and Sweet Machine
I U She Music GmbH
"Shake Yer Dix"
Written by Peaches and Gonzales
Performed by Peaches and Sweet Machine
I U She Music GmbH, Emi Music Publishing
"I Feel Cream"
Written by Peaches, Drums of Death, & Simian Mobile Disco
String arrangement- Taylor Savvy
Performed by Peaches, Sweet Machine, Alina Petrescu and Johanna Walesch
I U She Music GmbH, Warner Music UK Limited, Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH
"Mommy Complex"
Written by Peaches and Digitalism
Performed by Sandy Kane, Joel Gibb and Peaches
I U She Music GmbH, Metrobass Edition
"Talk to Me"
Written by Peaches and Gonzales
Performed by Peaches and Sweet Machine
I U She Music GmbH, Emi Music Publishing
"I Don't Give A… Pt. 3"
Written and Performed by Peaches and Sweet Machine
I U She Music GmbH, GEMA
"Lose You"
Written by Peaches and Simian Mobile Disco
Performed by Peaches and Sweet Machine
I U She Music GmbH, Warner Music UK Limited
"Serpentine" (a capella)
Written and performed by Peaches
I U She Music GmbH, Emi Music Publishing
"F***the Pain Away"
Written and performed by Peaches
I U She Music GmbH
Critical response
The success of the screening allowed the film to achieve positive reviews by several publications from around the world. Rolling Stone compared it to another iconic film stating “…A cult classic in the vein of The Rocky Horror Picture Show”. The Hollywood Reporter went on to add “Peaches Does Herself is an impressively bold statement from its director-star and her team of dancers, choreographers and designers……this ambitious rock-doc pushes plenty of buttons as polymorphously perverse Pop Art spectacle. Peaches shows technical competence as a first-time director, while the taboos she celebrates and subverts onstage make for funny, frank, full-frontal entertainment.” Indiewire also highly praised the release stating “The film is a semi-autobiographical adaptation of (Peaches’) stage show and features 22 of her songs brought to incredible life via innovative, jaw-dropping performances”. Perhaps one of the biggest praises for the film came from TIFF co-director Noah Cowan, as he said "One of the world's most beloved performance artists and a legendary transgressive rock ’n’ roller, Toronto-born Peaches has been an icon of the Berlin art scene for more than a decade. Her constantly evolving practice has created a host of famous and indelible videos, performances, installations, lectures and kick-ass concerts. Peaches Does Herself, her first feature film, brings together all of these elements and more, serving as both a rich retrospective of, and whiplash introduction to, this elemental performer's work.”