- Director: Luis Alfaro.
- Country: España.
- Duration: 84 min.
- Year: 2012
- original language: Spanish. O.V.
- Leadings: Vetusta Morla, Jero Romero, Joaquin Pascual,, Fernando Al faro, Nacho Vegas, Amaral, Amigos Imaginarios y Cofee and Wine.
- Screenwriter(s): Luis Alfaro.
- Cinematographer: Jose Antonio Muñoz Molina.
- Sound designer: La futura imagen sonora.
Synopsis
AUTO is a documentary which comes along at just the right time to portray the moment of convulsive change when many artists and bands decide to take control of their careers and produce and edit their own work for themselves, at their own risk, questioning the role of traditional record labels and companies.
Vetusta Morla go on the road, plunging into the tour to launch their second self-released album. Jero Romero (ex Sunday Drivers) creates and launches his first solo record, financed by his fans through the Internet. Nacho Vegas leaves his old record label and, together with other artists, sets up Marxophone, a cooperative label. Fernando Alfaro and Joaquín Pascual (ex Surfin Bichos), living legends out of the commercial spotlight, reunite to perform part of their repertoire exclusively for this documentary.
AUTO is, in the words of its director, “a human portrait, a story about artists and their searching, about succeeding and yet moving on, or about failing but not giving up trying.”
Vetusta Morla se lanza a la carretera, en plena gira de presentación de su segundo álbum autoeditado. Jero Romero (ex Sunday Drivers) crea y lanza su primer disco en solitario, financiado por sus fans a través de Internet. Nacho Vegas deja su discográfica de siempre y crea, junto a otros artistas, Marxophone, una cooperativa discográfica. Fernando Alfaro y Joaquín Pascual (ex Surfin Bichos), mitos vivos alejados de la gloria comercial, interpretan parte de su repertorio reunidos, en exclusiva, para este documental.
AUTO es, en palabras de su director, “un retrato humano, una historia sobre artistas y sus búsquedas, sobre conseguir el éxito y, aún así, seguir más allá o sobre fracasar y todavía no cejar en el empeño”.