In somewhat less flaming-nipple-related news...

[badatapologies]

I note with regret the passing of the Manchester music impresario Tony Wilson, without whom, etc, etc, etc. If you haven't seen Michael Winterbottom's fantastic quasi-biopic of Wilson and the Manchester scene, 24 Hour Party People, you are missing a real cinematic and musical treat, not least of which is the brilliant Steve Coogan's priceless performance as Wilson. It's an energetic, inventive film with a clever narrative structure, a perverse disrespect for the fourth wall and a cheeky acknowledgment that the facts presented therein may be total fabrications. You should see it.

Also, only in England can a grown man with the name "Winterbottom" be taken seriously.


Also also, the United States is now 42nd in the world in terms of life expectancy. The whole country is becoming Mississippi. Perhaps "is becoming" is the wrong tense.

Comments

[aila76.livejournal.com]

24 Hour Party People was fun. Although I'm not so sure how seriously they take Winterbottom, even in the UK.

Anyway, yeah it's sad Wilson passed. He was instrumental in supporting/promoting a lot of music I like...

[modpixie.livejournal.com]

is it just me, or would 24-hour party people been, like, 500 times better if they'd ended it after the joy division scenes? the last scene with tony wilson talking to god is brilliant, but it doesn't make up for the migraine-inducing hour spent with the happy mondays.

Did you see who else died?

[shegeek1000101.livejournal.com]

It's the end of an era.

[mcbrennan.livejournal.com]

Some say Ecstasy was invented as a therapeutic psychological remedy to reduce social inhibitions and access repressed emotions. Others believe it was invented as a futile attempt to make the Happy Mondays tolerable.

The Happy Mondays are hugely significant to UK audiences and you couldn't do a Tony Wilson/Manchester movie without them, though I've yet to meet anyone who truly likes them. I understand why they spent that amount of time with them, but I agree it was excessive for a general/global audience.