UK music artist Peter Doherty will be a special guest of the 19th Zurich Film Festival in September, accompanying the world premiere of bio-doc Peter Doherty: Stranger in My Own Skin.
The film will play in Zff’s Sounds section celebrating relationship between film and music.
“The film Peter Doherty: Stranger In My Own Skin is a twofold minor sensation. Firstly, the Zff gets to present it to the public as a world premiere,” said Zff Artistic Director Christian Jungen. “Secondly, the protagonist Peter Doherty will present the film in person.”
The bio-doc chronicles the English rock star who, after reaching the pinnacle of his career, sinks into the depths of a serious drug addiction.
The intimate portrait was shot by director and musician Katia deVidas, who followed the wild life of The Libertines frontman at close quarters for over the course of a decade and is now the artist’s wife.
The film will play in Zff’s Sounds section celebrating relationship between film and music.
“The film Peter Doherty: Stranger In My Own Skin is a twofold minor sensation. Firstly, the Zff gets to present it to the public as a world premiere,” said Zff Artistic Director Christian Jungen. “Secondly, the protagonist Peter Doherty will present the film in person.”
The bio-doc chronicles the English rock star who, after reaching the pinnacle of his career, sinks into the depths of a serious drug addiction.
The intimate portrait was shot by director and musician Katia deVidas, who followed the wild life of The Libertines frontman at close quarters for over the course of a decade and is now the artist’s wife.
- 8/29/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
A documentary about musician Pete Doherty will have its world premiere at this year’s Zurich Film Festival in the Sounds section.
Described as “an intimate film portrait of his scandalous rockstar life,” “Peter Doherty — Stranger in My Own Skin” is helmed by Doherty’s wife, Katia deVidas. Doherty will present the film in-person, and also perform live following the documentary’s screening.
“The biopic chronicles the British rockstar who, after reaching the pinnacle of his career, sinks into the depths of a serious drug addiction,” Zff artistic director Christian Jungen said in a statement. “His wife, director and musician Katia deVidas, followed the wild life of the Libertines frontman at close quarters for over 10 years. We’re looking forward to welcoming them both to Zurich.”
The Sounds section of Zff, which launched last year, showcases feature or documentary films centered on musical themes or that feature exceptional soundtracks. This...
Described as “an intimate film portrait of his scandalous rockstar life,” “Peter Doherty — Stranger in My Own Skin” is helmed by Doherty’s wife, Katia deVidas. Doherty will present the film in-person, and also perform live following the documentary’s screening.
“The biopic chronicles the British rockstar who, after reaching the pinnacle of his career, sinks into the depths of a serious drug addiction,” Zff artistic director Christian Jungen said in a statement. “His wife, director and musician Katia deVidas, followed the wild life of the Libertines frontman at close quarters for over 10 years. We’re looking forward to welcoming them both to Zurich.”
The Sounds section of Zff, which launched last year, showcases feature or documentary films centered on musical themes or that feature exceptional soundtracks. This...
- 8/29/2023
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
With Kingsman: The Secret Service becoming a huge hit at the box office, it’s perhaps not surprising that producers would be looking to turn more of Kick-Ass man Mark Millar’s work into films. Not that they needed much encouragement in the first place... Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who is already developing the writer’s Mph for the screen, has persuaded him to make a deal to add Jupiter’s Legacy to the list of potential films. Legacy, the Image Comics title co-created by Millar and artist Frank Quitely with colours and lettering from Peter Doherty, explores the generational conflict between a group of aging superheroes who gained their powers in the 1930s from a mysterious island and used them for the good of mankind, and their children, who have largely struggled with living up to the legacy of their parents. The kids have largely become vacuous celebri-types, better known...
- 4/8/2015
- EmpireOnline
Mph #5
Written by Mark Millar
Art by Duncan Fegredo
Colors by Peter Doherty and Mike Spicer
Published by Image Comics
In Mph #5, Mark Millar and Duncan Fegredo turn to time travel to fix everyone’s problems and give every semi-likable character some semblance of a happy ending. The issue begins with Chevy, who seemed like the de facto hero for most the series, completely misusing his super speed powers and attack not only the government, but also his friends Rosa and Roscoe as well as random bystanders. However, the possible lesson of the corrupting power of wealth is all but brushed aside midway through the comic, and Chevy ends up looking like a one-dimensional psychopath, who makes even the jowly Fed Agent Cutler look like a sympathetic (and even cool) character.
Duncan Fegredo’s gritty, grimy art style fits the subject matter and ultraviolence of the first part of Mph...
Written by Mark Millar
Art by Duncan Fegredo
Colors by Peter Doherty and Mike Spicer
Published by Image Comics
In Mph #5, Mark Millar and Duncan Fegredo turn to time travel to fix everyone’s problems and give every semi-likable character some semblance of a happy ending. The issue begins with Chevy, who seemed like the de facto hero for most the series, completely misusing his super speed powers and attack not only the government, but also his friends Rosa and Roscoe as well as random bystanders. However, the possible lesson of the corrupting power of wealth is all but brushed aside midway through the comic, and Chevy ends up looking like a one-dimensional psychopath, who makes even the jowly Fed Agent Cutler look like a sympathetic (and even cool) character.
Duncan Fegredo’s gritty, grimy art style fits the subject matter and ultraviolence of the first part of Mph...
- 2/18/2015
- by Logan Dalton
- SoundOnSight
Stephen Pond/Empics Sport
Manchester City have long been one of the top clubs in England, even before their enormous cash injection in recent years. Players such as Colin Bell and Franny Lee made them a force to be reckoned with in the 1960s and 1970s, and even earlier than that, legends such as Bert Trautmann and Peter Doherty played at Maine Road.
Despite their successes over the years and the talented players that earned it, there are always failures at every club. City have not been immune to this common football faux pas and if anything in recent years the problem has escalated.
Since Sheikh Mansour took over the club in 2008 he has allowed his managers to spend big in order to bring success. Although this has been the case, with City winning two top flight champions trophies since 1968, it has resulted in a constant influx of players creating competition for every place.
Manchester City have long been one of the top clubs in England, even before their enormous cash injection in recent years. Players such as Colin Bell and Franny Lee made them a force to be reckoned with in the 1960s and 1970s, and even earlier than that, legends such as Bert Trautmann and Peter Doherty played at Maine Road.
Despite their successes over the years and the talented players that earned it, there are always failures at every club. City have not been immune to this common football faux pas and if anything in recent years the problem has escalated.
Since Sheikh Mansour took over the club in 2008 he has allowed his managers to spend big in order to bring success. Although this has been the case, with City winning two top flight champions trophies since 1968, it has resulted in a constant influx of players creating competition for every place.
- 8/10/2014
- by Tom Skinner
- Obsessed with Film
Mph #1
Written by: Mark Millar
Art: Duncan Fegredo
Colors: Peter Doherty
Published by Image Comics
Mark Millar seems to live, just to subvert superhero tropes. Kick-Ass and Nemesis were both comic books that wanted to deconstruct the motivations of people who become superheroes and supervillains, depicting egotism and boredom as motivations alongside greed or altruism. Mph is sort of another book in this vein, with a person suddenly gaining access to super-speed. Guess what happens? Crime spree and, we can only assume a quest for revenge.
In 1986, the world’s first superhuman has a disastrous entrance on the world stage that ends with a high-speed crash into a mall. He’s apprehended and thirty years go by. In contemporary Detroit, Roscoe Rodriguez is sent by his boss, “Samurai Hal,” to sell twenty pounds of Cocaine and is arrested as part of a sting. He’s later told that his boss...
Written by: Mark Millar
Art: Duncan Fegredo
Colors: Peter Doherty
Published by Image Comics
Mark Millar seems to live, just to subvert superhero tropes. Kick-Ass and Nemesis were both comic books that wanted to deconstruct the motivations of people who become superheroes and supervillains, depicting egotism and boredom as motivations alongside greed or altruism. Mph is sort of another book in this vein, with a person suddenly gaining access to super-speed. Guess what happens? Crime spree and, we can only assume a quest for revenge.
In 1986, the world’s first superhuman has a disastrous entrance on the world stage that ends with a high-speed crash into a mall. He’s apprehended and thirty years go by. In contemporary Detroit, Roscoe Rodriguez is sent by his boss, “Samurai Hal,” to sell twenty pounds of Cocaine and is arrested as part of a sting. He’s later told that his boss...
- 5/20/2014
- by Zeb Larson
- SoundOnSight
Jupiter’s Legacy #3
Writer: Mark Millar
Artist: Frank Quitely
Colorist: Peter Doherty
Publisher: Image Comics
After a three month absence, an issue of Jupiter’s Legacy comes out, and it doesn’t disappoint. Mark Millar throws decompression to the wind and instantly delivers on the plot developments he teased in the last issue. The ideological conflict between Utopian, who wants to have a secret identity and not interfere and politics and Walter, who has a public identity and wants to reform the government, escalates quickly. Frank Quitely and Peter Doherty use subtle things like panel structure and coloring to show this conflict before cutting loose and depicting it in more visceral ways. Jupiter’s Legacy #3 has a extremely fast moving plot to complement Quitely’s art, but also takes time to explore the ideas set up in previous issues.
Jupiter’s Legacy #3 has the same effect on its plot and...
Writer: Mark Millar
Artist: Frank Quitely
Colorist: Peter Doherty
Publisher: Image Comics
After a three month absence, an issue of Jupiter’s Legacy comes out, and it doesn’t disappoint. Mark Millar throws decompression to the wind and instantly delivers on the plot developments he teased in the last issue. The ideological conflict between Utopian, who wants to have a secret identity and not interfere and politics and Walter, who has a public identity and wants to reform the government, escalates quickly. Frank Quitely and Peter Doherty use subtle things like panel structure and coloring to show this conflict before cutting loose and depicting it in more visceral ways. Jupiter’s Legacy #3 has a extremely fast moving plot to complement Quitely’s art, but also takes time to explore the ideas set up in previous issues.
Jupiter’s Legacy #3 has the same effect on its plot and...
- 9/27/2013
- by Logan Dalton
- SoundOnSight
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