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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
A stark, intimate Manchester counterpart to the Joy Division strand of 24 Hour Party People, with monochrome imagery and a more mournful focus on artistic ambition, instability and the scene around Ian Curtis.
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Why this pick
For Tony Wilson’s larger-than-life, unreliable-guide energy: a sharply funny British period portrait driven by ego, direct address and a charismatic man trying to impose his vision on a regional institution.
03
Why this pick
This inventive Sex Pistols documentary shares the anarchic music-history charge and playful collision of archive, mythmaking and cultural upheaval that make 24 Hour Party People feel so alive.
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Why this pick
Its deadpan mock-documentary form, affectionate satire of music-scene mythology and beautifully observed performers make it a strong match for the comic self-awareness behind Winterbottom’s film.
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Why this pick
Another scrappy club-at-the-centre-of-a-movement story, following a scene builder amid punk’s volatile personalities; it offers the same pleasure in watching local chaos become music history.
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01 / THE STORY
In 1976 television presenter Tony Wilson sees the Sex Pistols perform at the Free Trade Hall for the first time. Inspired, Wilson starts a weekly series of punk rock shows at a Manchester club, where the newly formed Joy Division perform, led by the erratic, brooding Ian Curtis.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Alan Erasmus
Lindsay Wilson
Hooky
Shaun Ryder
John the Postman
Peter Saville
Wheel of Fortune Director
Ryan Letts
