Kim Bissett24 Hour Party People (film)
May 17th 2008 09:48
If you want to get acquainted with how post-punk music shaped Manchester, England, then go watch Michael Winterbottom’s “24 Hour Party People.” The film chronicles Tony Wilson’s rise from the formation of his independent Factory Records label in the late 1970s to a downfall twenty years later. Aside from establishing Factory Records, Tony Wilson established The Hacienda, a night club that offered Manchester an outlet of post-punk and house music.
“24 Hour Party People” is unique in that it is a combination of a mockumentary and a documentary. In other words it is a British version of “This is Spinal Tap,” only it’s based on a true story. Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan) narrates the rise and fall of his music empire, guiding the viewers to a darkly comic tale filled with the proverbial sex, drugs, and rock and roll. The film has two parts. First, Tony Wilson chronicles about the band Joy Division, whose lead singer Ian Curtis tragically committed suicide in 1980 at the age of 23. The second part involves the formation and the wild life of the band The Happy Mondays, founded by Shaun and Paul Ryder in the mid 1980s.
The film is rated R and it is available on DVD.
“24 Hour Party People” is unique in that it is a combination of a mockumentary and a documentary. In other words it is a British version of “This is Spinal Tap,” only it’s based on a true story. Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan) narrates the rise and fall of his music empire, guiding the viewers to a darkly comic tale filled with the proverbial sex, drugs, and rock and roll. The film has two parts. First, Tony Wilson chronicles about the band Joy Division, whose lead singer Ian Curtis tragically committed suicide in 1980 at the age of 23. The second part involves the formation and the wild life of the band The Happy Mondays, founded by Shaun and Paul Ryder in the mid 1980s.
The film is rated R and it is available on DVD.
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