Bananaz



Bananaz is a video documentary directed by Ceri Levy about the Gorillaz's first two albums Gorillaz and Demon Days. The film was screened at four film festivals in 2008 with the premier being on February 7, 2008. It was later published digitally on Babelgum on April 20, 2009 and released on DVD on June 1, 2009.

Synopsis
Director Ceri Levy had been friends with Damon Albarn since his time with Blur in the 1990s, where he filmed the Blur documentary Starshaped (1993), which also has a scene with Jamie Hewlett in it. When the idea of Gorillaz came Ceri came to Damons and Jamies flat to film what would become Bananaz. In similar vain to Reject False Icons (2019), this documentary documents clips of recording, touring, the work process, and random moments during the process of the creation of Gorillaz and the subsequent animated music and albums of Gorillaz. Bananaz features recording sessions for Gorillaz and Demon Days plus some BBC Sessions, plus backstage footage of Gorillaz LIVE and Demon Days. The documentary contains many "iconic" moments for the fandom, such as Damon's cigarette trick, the "Dirty Harry Incident", and many others. It's considered an entry into the deeper areas, lore, and trivia of Gorillaz, and is an obvious recommendation to anyone who likes Gorillaz, likes Reject False Icons, or wants to know more about Gorillaz.

Features

 * Damon Albarn
 * Jamie Hewlett
 * Jason Cox
 * Junior Dan
 * Dan the Automator
 * Ibrahim Ferrer
 * Remi Kabaka Jr.
 * Cass Browne
 * Nelson De Freitas
 * Phil Cornwell
 * Haruka Kuroda
 * Simon Katz
 * Mike Smith
 * Danger Mouse
 * Morgan Nicholls
 * Simon Tong
 * Simon Jones

Gorillaz 2000-2002






Demon Days 2004-2005










Trivia

 * Ceri Levy confirmed on an AMA on Reddit that he filmed over 300 hours of footage, and the film's original cut was supposed to be 19 hours long, including footage of the recording of various other songs, such as Dracula.
 * The DVD featured bonus features including footage of making unreleased songs and more