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In "Moby Doc", the 55-year-old opens up about
his past substance abuse, animal rights activism and chart
success with no.1 albums like 1999's "Play" and "18" released
three years later.
"The one moment in the movie that a lot of people I've spoken to
seemed to be focused on is when I talk about being drunk and
hungover and sleeping through my mom's funeral," Moby told
Reuters.
"Oddly enough, my mom had this wonderful, twisted sense of
humor. I think she would be really amused by that, maybe a
little horrified. ... In a way, especially like me being held
accountable for that by strangers, I think she would think
that's kind of lightly amusing."
Born Richard Melville Hall, the electronic dance musician also
talks about his difficult childhood and discovering music. The
film features concert footage, animation and an interview with
filmmaker David Lynch.
"My headline is you can't fix internal issues with external
things. You can't fix psychological issues, personal issues with
fame or with success or with materialism or with external
validation," Moby said.
"And that's really what I'm trying to show in the movie because
I tried so hard for so long to fix my experience of the human
condition with external stuff. And really, at the end of the
movie, I'm just left in this place, like 'oh, that didn't
work'."
As well as the documentary, Moby is also releasing album
"Reprise" this week in which he reworks past songs like "Go" and
"Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?".
"Half of the record is comprised of songs that if I was a fan of
mine, I would want to be on this record," he said.
"And the other half are ... more obscure songs of mine that I
really love, that I wanted to redo with a gospel choir, with an
orchestra, with a string quartet. And the record is so
interesting because in a way, I'm the least visible person on
the record."
(Reporting by Alicia Powell; Writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian;
Editing by Estelle Shirbon)
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