Whose idea was it to film a teenage Alex Lifeson arguing with his parents?
Oh, wow. You saw that? There was this Canadian filmmaker, Allan King—he just recently passed away. He was known for his cinema vérité documentaries. I auditioned for a film he wanted to do about ten kids from different parts of Toronto moving onto a farm for three months. So originally you wanted to be a reality-TV star. Basically! [Laughs] We went and did the film and it was terrible. Nothing developed between us. The project was shelved. Anyway, it was a chance to get out of school for three months. You kids got along too well. Sounds familiar. I know. And I’m married to the girl that I fell in love with when I was 15 years old. To Geddy and Neil and me, the thought of doing a documentary about Rush just didn’t seem so great of an idea. We’re just a band. We’re middle-class Canadian kids who grew up. Yes. And then wrote “Subdivisions.” Seriously, though. We made ourselves available to Sam and Scot, the filmmakers, who were really dedicated, but I wouldn’t say we felt comfortable bein
