(TV) OT: 24 Hour Party People

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I thought it was a good, entertaining film. I saw it about two weeks ago with 
my girlfriend, and we both (me being a rock fan, her being a house DJ) walked 
away from the film with the same complaint: the second half was nowhere near 
as good as the first -New Order totally got glossed over, where they were in 
fact very important to the shift in the scene towards the more danceable 
stuff. Instead, we had a whole lot of cheap laughs about the Happy Mondays 
doing drugs, and then suddenly BAM! lots of people at the Hacienda with dance 
music going on as the most popular thing on the scene and people getting shot 
for various drug-related circumstances.

So yeah, the shift wasn't at all well-explained, and makes the film an almost 
definite no-no for someone who isn't already aware of the history of the 
Manchester scene from the late seventies up through the eighties and first 
few years of the nineties. Still, I really enjoyed the overall tone of the 
film: constant reminders that what we're watching a fictionalized account of 
what went on. Granted, the joke about deleted scenes on the DVD was way too 
forced (like internet jokes in sitcoms four years ago), but everything else 
worked nicely. And the guy who played Ian Curtis seemed to be very 
Curtis-like, based on everything I've ever read about the guy. Though it was 
annoying that he just had a seizure out of the blue and then it, too, is 
never explained...I guess by default we're all supposed to know he suffered 
from epilepsy?

Bottom line: entertaining film. I'd advise most of you to wait for the 
video/DVD release, because it's not great, but it's still quite good and 
warrants at least one viewing.

-nick keiser

> Hello everyone,
> 
> I was wondering if any of you have seen this new movie "24 Hour Party
> People" about the post punk / new wave Manchester scene? While I thought
> the cinematography  was pretty good, i thought the way the story was
> presented was aweful. They tried to make one movie out of what could have
> been two or even three. Anyway, I am curious what everyone thought,
> particuarly any list members who may have lived through this time period
> in Manchester.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sean C
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