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Reviews
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
man enough to be a woman
Plato's symposium and drag queen rock. This film is a refreshing burst of US creativity. It has heart and soul and great music. Check out Wayne/Jayne County for a taste of the 'real' thing. Hatti://www.jaynecounty.com/ A really enjoyable film and great cross dressing. Check out the girl who cross dresses as Hedwig's 'boyfriend' Yitshak. Other fabulous cultural references are the post post punk pretty boys and wonderful nostalgia to the bowie/read/pop days. Subversive and Broadway at the same time, camp and punk at the same time. A love story in reverse. The music is great. The DVD contains some great commentary. Hedwig is played with sensitivity and panache.
24 Hour Party People: The Factory Records Saga (2002)
part of rock and roll history
Despite the fact that I couldn't quite take Steve Coogan seriously , which actually works sometimes, 24 Hours Party People, does deliver a great testament to a critical period of rock and roll history.
Located in space and time at the outset, the film grafts on its credentials by starting with a sex Pistols gig in Manchester. Moves in fast and furious pace into the 1990's and lunacy that surrounded the posthumous and the ludicrous antics of Manchester rawk and roll. Which was of course the UK Acid House scene and the 'Madchester' phenomenon. here the rock star is well and truly dead and the DJ is the star. Well in fact, the club promoter. Perhaps even the music. Well worth checking out, muso heaven.