Everything’s Different, Nothing Has Changed (2018)

Directed by: Joao Costa, Robert Gradisen | 20 minutes | documentary | With: W. Rosto, W. Walley, W. Folley, W. Rooney, Wreckateen, Ma-Ma Ris, Stephan Schmidt, Mark Huisman, Elte Hartland, Rina Kalmi, Martijn Paaschens, Daan Spruijt, Barnaby Savage, Franck Limon-Duparcmeur , Sandrine Bodénés, Tom van Gestel, Robin Berkelmans, Stevie Long, Freek Zonderland, Nina Nestelaar, Marcel Ooms, Thijs de Melker, Max Stoces, Finn Murré, Bram Hooijschuur, Jurriaan de Vos, Nicole Baars, Rosie Templeton, Marjan Lammers, Suzie Templeton, Juan Carlos Tajes, Marco Frank

‘Everything’s Different, Nothing Has Changed’ is a twenty-minute documentary, which gives a welcome look behind the scenes at Studio Rosto AD and the history of the band The Wreckers, later renamed Thee Wreckers. Rosto’s music and films are inextricably linked: they are set in a surrealistic dream world, with intriguing characters. There’s still plenty to guess, and that’s not a bad thing at all. But if you’d like some more background information, you’ve come to the right place at ‘Everything’s Different, Nothing Has Changed’.

The behind-the-scenes documentary features very early (pre-internet) footage of The Wreckers’ performances, as well as recordings at the Studio Rosto AD, so you can see ‘No Place Like Home’, ‘Lonely Bones’,’ Splintertime’ and ‘Reruns’ have come about. In between, Rosto talks passionately about how his ideas are shaped and what the band’s influence has been on his projects. It is an eternal shame that he is no longer there (Rosto died at the age of 50 in March 2019), but this documentary gives an explanation to his work and is at the same time a beautiful ode due to the unmistakable dedication expressed by the images.