How the Mars Volta Rock Doc ‘Omar and Cedric’ Burns Down the Genre and Gets ‘Lost in Space Into Some Other Quantum Reality’
variety.comWilliam Earl At the heart of maximalist rock outfit The Mars Volta are two friends: guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala.
The pair met as El Paso high-schoolers obsessed with punk music, and soon began a creative partnership that lasted through multiple bands, scores of albums and hundreds of explosive live shows.
The centerpiece of their creativity is a constant search for fresh sounds and ideas, and the new film about their friendship — “Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird” — pushes the music documentary format forward as well.
The film, out in select theaters Wednesday via Oscilloscope Laboratories, was directed by Nicolas Jack Davies, who took the job as a fan of the duo’s work since their breakout as members of post-punk group At the Drive-In.
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