I thought I might start doing a little mini comment/review of some of my favourite films on this blog. I love films, and I have a lot of favourites from many a genre.
So here we go, and I an starting with the fantastic 24 Hour Party People staring Steve Coogan.
This film was released in 2002 and is the story of Tony Wilson, Factory Records and some of the bands on the Factory Label - most notably Joy Division (later to become New Order), and The Happy Mondays.
Coogan surprised me when I first saw the film. I thought he would be all wrong for the role of Tony Wilson but he was absolutely perfect as the Factory boss.
Other notable performances include Andy Serkis (of Gollum Fame) as music producer Martin Hannet, and the excellent Paddy Considine as Rob Gretton (manager of Joy Division).
The cinematography beautifully illustrates "dark ages Manchester" in the 70s, 80s, and early 90s and the soundtrack is absolutely superb. I could watch this film over and over again (and indeed have done so).
I love how a film can invoke memories of the time you first saw it. I actually saw this film in Cardiff whilst on a business trip with a colleague. I was doing a lot of travelling back then for work and I really enjoyed the experience. I hate travelling for work now. Weird eh!!
On this particular trip, my colleague and I saw 2 films in Cardiff. This being one, and the other being K-Pax staring Kevin Spacey (which was also very good). We made the mistake of paying for the films on the business credit card. The logic being that we were away for the company's benefit so we were entitled to a few perks. The MD did not see our point of view when we got back however! :-)
Great great film though and I highly recommend it to you!
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