We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen (2005), Stop Making Sense (1984), Control (2007), Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007), Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story (2018), 24 Hour Party People (2002), Here to Be Heard: The Story of the Slits (2017), The Possibilities Are Endless (2014) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Post-punk movies.
Storyline: Through interviews and archival footage, director Tim Irwin documents the history of the influential 1980s punk band the Minutemen. Surviving band members Mike Watt and George Hurley provide a firsthand look into the band's world, from their start in San Pedro to the 1985 death of D. Boon, the band's co-founding member. Numerous musicians, including Henry Rollins, Thurston Moore, and Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, offer insight into the Minutemen's importance to the punk scene.
Plot Keywords: documentary, music, biography, independent film, american, 2000s, california ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: David Byrne walks onto the stage and does a solo "Psycho Killer." Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz join him for two more songs. The crew is busy, still setting up. Then, three more musicians and two back-up singers join the band. Everybody sings, plays, harmonizes, dances, and runs. They change instruments and clothes. Bryne appears in the Big Suit. The backdrop is often black, but sometimes it displays words, images, or children's drawings. The band cooks for 18 songs, the lyrics are clear, the house rocks. In this concert film, the Talking Heads hardly talk, don't stop, and always make sense.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: concert film, documentary, music, live performance, 1980s, american film, art film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Ian Curtis is a quiet and rather sad lad who works for an employment agency and sings in a band called Warsaw. He meets a girl named Debbie whom he promptly marries and his band, of which the name in the meantime has been changed to Joy Division, gets more and more successful. Even though Debbie and he become parents, their relationship is going downhill rapidly and Ian starts an affair with Belgium Annik whom he met after one of the gigs and he's almost never at home. Ian also suffers from epilepsy and has no-good medication for it. He doesn't know how to handle the feelings he has for Debbie and Annik and the pressure the popularity of Joy Division and the energy performing costs him.
Plot Keywords: british film, depression, 1970s, music history, indie film, based on true story, music culture ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: As the front man of the Clash from 1977 onwards, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever. Four years after his death, his influence reaches out around the world, more strongly now than ever before. In "The Future Is Unwritten", from British film director Julien Temple, Joe Strummer is revealed not just as a legend or musician, but as a true communicator of our times. Drawing on both a shared punk history and the close personal friendship which developed over the last years of Joe's life, Julien Temple's film is a celebration of Joe Strummer - before, during and after the Clash.—IFC First Take
Plot Keywords: music documentary, british film, musician's life, social commentary, archival footage, musical influence, independent film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: It's a documentary about the life of eccentric comedian Frank Sidebottom who wore a huge papier-mache' head and whose true identity was a closely guarded secret until after he died. The 2014 Magnolia Pictures film titled Frank was inspired by his sensational mystery.—Willow Dancer
Plot Keywords: documentary, biography, music, comedy, art, creativity, british ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Manchester 1976: Cambridge educated Tony Wilson, Granada TV presenter, is at a Sex Pistols gig. Totally inspired by this pivotal moment in music history, he and his friends set up a record label, Factory Records, signing first Joy Division (who go on to become New Order) then James and the Happy Mondays, who all become seminal artists of their time. What ensues is a tale of music, sex, drugs, larger-than-life characters, and the birth of one of the most famous dance clubs in the world, The Hacienda - a mecca for clubbers as famous as the likes of Studio 54. Graphically depicting the music and dance heritage of Manchester from the late 70's to the early 90's, this comedy documents the vibrancy that made Mad-chester the place in the world that you would most like to be.
Plot Keywords: music, independent music, club culture, 1980s, biography, comedy, drama ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The tale of the formation, journey and end of the seminal Punk/Reggae band The Slits.
Plot Keywords: music documentary, music history, feminism, counterculture, 1970s, independent music, documentary ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The Possibilities Are Endless tells the incredible story of Edwyn Collins, the Scottish songwriter who suffered a stroke, an explosion in the brain so severe that it effectively deleted the contents of his mind. After a career as an internationally acclaimed lyricist, he lost all language and was only able to say two phrases: "The Possibilities are Endless" and "Grace Maxwell". The film is narrated by Edwyn, trapped inside his devastated mind and his wife Grace, the woman who pulled him back to life. More than just a story of determination against all odds; it is an intimate and life-affirming journey of rediscovery that celebrates how love, music and language shape our lives.—Pulse Films
Plot Keywords: documentary, scotland, musician, recovery, creative process, life turning point, inspirational ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This music documentary presents 30-plus New Wave musical acts performing live without narration or context. Shot around 1980, the film offers a broad cross-section of bands, from superstars-on-the-rise like the Police to underground staples like Gang of Four and the Cramps, alongside now-forgotten oddities like Invisible Sex. Ignoring labels like punk or pop, the film showcases a number of bands playing to equally enthusiastic audiences of all types.
Plot Keywords: concert, rock, punk, live performance, music documentary, music festival, underground music ...
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