Saint Etienne - "Finisterre" movie coming out on DVD

I'll watch it!

The footage of this they were playing on the Finisterre tour looked great.

Hey, neat. :-)

it's a gorgeous film. it was screened at last year's vancouver intl. film festival, and watching it felt like a pilgrimage. i'm really excited to have a copy.

1978

i bought the london nobody knows, on ebay, just now

the style, of finisterre, surely a nod, to those school programs that didnt really seem to be about anything in particular. they were only ever shown when at school, never on tv, and always seemed to come from some unknown point in the past, where its perpetually mid-late 70s

Wow! I remember those films fondly; ergo, I must endeavour to see this SE thing.

someone explain this a little more

A Beautifully shot and edited homage to London – a city that's always been a source of influence, inspiration and curiosity to so many. ‘Finisterre’, presented and scored by Saint Etienne, tries to identify the dreams that London holds for so many - the spaces between the landmarks, the spaces Londoners inhabit. This is a beautifully filmed artistic achievement, Kieran Evans & Paul Kelly’s film has a subtle and emotional power that accretes throughout its 60 minutes by illustrating the possibilities the city offers for creating exhilarating forms of social and cultural life - from John Nash and Berthold Lubetkin to Hendon FC and Hampstead Heath via the New Piccadilly cafe. The film features the observations and reminiscences of characters that have influenced or been part of the Saint Etienne story - Lawrence from Felt/Denim, Mark Perry, the editor of original punk fanzine Sniffin’ Glue, as well as Vic Godard from Subway Sect and artist Julian Opie, folk singer Vashti Bunyan, London-centric author Shena Mackay, Liam Watson of the infamous Toe Rag Studios and Nick Sanderson from Earl Brutus. Friends, heroes and associates of the band recounting tales over beautifully shot images. It is also narrated, in part as a homage to documentaries past and present, by the wonderful Michael Jaysion. Building on the film’s already achieved cult status, Plexifilm present the DVD with a deluxe booklet featuring photos and essays by Bob Stanley, Michael Bracewell, Ken Livingstone, Pete Paphides, Sukhdev Sandhu and Gail O'Hara. The DVD ranks alongside Jarvis Cocker’s ellipitical depiction of ‘Outsider Art’ - a labour of love that enriches all those who come into contact with it.

sounds awesome!!

are songs from Finisterre used in the soundtrack or is it all new/different music?

I am very interested in seeing this; rather poignant to see in HMV comments from Ken Livingstone praising it, on the back of the DVD.

Would like to hear more about the style of these schools programmes... do they use super-8 on this film at all, I wonder? That is, irrationally and improbably how I envisage these seventies artefacts as appearing.

all the proper songs are straight from finisterre, but there is a fair amount of new incidental music, mostly acoustic instrumentals. 'primrose hill', from the latest compilation 'travel edition' came from the film, and is an acoustic take on 'soft like me', for instance.

This is quite fantastic, I finally picked it up last night and watched it this morning. In an indirect manner, the way the film presents London is liable to give oneself a newfound appreciation for their own city.

inspired by this, i think someday i'm going to attempt a short-form documentary about los angeles or chicago. however: no british blokes narrating, no vashti bunyan ruminations. and probably not composed entirely of static shots, either. i'm not ruling out sarah cracknell cameos, however.

LA would be great

i wonder if the mervyn day thing is on ebay

l.a. would be perfect. though perhaps similar ground was already covered in los angeles plays itself

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