Wow. Thanks for this. I had Starshaped on video back in the day. It's odd seeing Matt Lucas in the tour party.
― cajunsunday, Thursday, 24 November 2022 21:02 (one year ago) link
https://vimeo.com/774782708
― cajunsunday, Thursday, 24 November 2022 21:05 (one year ago) link
on YouTube toohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYX7s_5MnTY
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 24 November 2022 21:10 (one year ago) link
Links seem to keep getting yanked all the time. At least it's out there now
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 24 November 2022 21:39 (one year ago) link
Oh wow you couldn’t even *mention* it on the old Blur forum without the mods getting their knickers in a twist. It’s meant to be really boring.
― piscesx, Friday, 25 November 2022 01:06 (one year ago) link
It’s a fun piece of fluff. I like the scene with Alex James splayed out on the floor of their green room and Damon’s deadpan encounter with a local news reporter. It veers into some Song Remains the Same territory, but it doesn’t feel like a real glimpse into their minds a la True Stories or Return to Waterloo
― beamish13, Friday, 25 November 2022 04:52 (one year ago) link
I really quite love it, it's a real curate's egg. The Best Days bit is genuinely quite poignant.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Friday, 25 November 2022 05:52 (one year ago) link
Pretty good tbh. Refreshing actually, after all the hyper-curated retrospective docs of recent years, to see a contemporaneous effort like this, warts and all.
― everything, Friday, 25 November 2022 07:08 (one year ago) link
I found the endless aestheticised poverty kind of gross, but the lack of easy Camden/London-stuff is quite appealing. It’s a lovely document of “what things looked like”.
Graham is the good looking one it turns out (when he’s not wearing his glasses)
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 25 November 2022 07:23 (one year ago) link
Wow yeah I was expecting it to be pretty lairy but this is really quite sweet, especially considering what a collective headfuck they must have been experiencing at the time. The interviews with the public remind me a bit of Pulp’s mini documentary about the making of the This Is Hardcore video, that was also shot on film, possibly by the same people. The Best Days bandstand bit is great yeah, I love that song, and Damon’s bit about the rings at the hotel was a bit of an unexpected choker. Baffling this was blocked/banned for so long.
― piscesx, Friday, 25 November 2022 12:48 (one year ago) link
This film sounds interesting. I know nothing about it but hope to watch some time.
― the pinefox, Friday, 25 November 2022 12:57 (one year ago) link