rubis Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Watching a very good programme on Wilko at the moment on BBC1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ednaplate Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Me too, transfixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Taped it. Will watch asap this week. I do like wilko. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike f Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Just finished watching it. Fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twincam Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Been watching it myself. One of the best docs I've seen, maybe not for everyone though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 it's worth wading through the pretentious rubbish for the good bits and the happiest of endings, liked his £100 bet with Norman that he'd be dead by Christmas, wonder if he paid up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Been looking forward to this. Oil City Confidential is on of my fave non-fiction films and this should be Temple's perfect companion piece to that. iPlayer here I come... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madshadows Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Recorded it but not viewed it yet, looking forward to seeing it John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 [quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1448413567' post='2915307'] it's worth wading through the pretentious rubbish for the good bits and the happiest of endings, liked his £100 bet with Norman that he'd be dead by Christmas, wonder if he paid up? [/quote] The pretentious rubbish became too much for me in the end and I gave it up. I just wasn't in the right frame of mind for arty farty nonsense. Maybe I'll try to find it on YT or something at some point and give it another go. [spoiler]WTF was the ridiculous headless chickens bit all about? Absolute bollocks.[/spoiler] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepbass5 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 I stuck with it and enjoyed the Art house style interlaced clips, strange but thought provoking. I was not aware of his intellect and other interests. So wonder now if he had more to do with the input to what was to be an epitaph to him, If you are to die and someone wants to make a documentary about your exit, My guess is he wanted it to be a poetical statement about his inner self not just dismissed as "another old guitarist died today headline". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 [quote name='Rich' timestamp='1448457174' post='2915561'] The pretentious rubbish became too much for me in the end and I gave it up. I just wasn't in the right frame of mind for arty farty nonsense. Maybe I'll try to find it on YT or something at some point and give it another go. [spoiler]WTF was the ridiculous headless chickens bit all about? Absolute bollocks.[/spoiler] [/quote]the 30 second advance button is worth it's weight in gold sometimes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL POSTERS Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 In places it made Magical Mystery Tour look like an episode of Eastenders. Realy well done I reckon. Makes you wonder what goes on in his mind though. Getting a diagnosis of a terminal illness is weird and doesn't affect you the way you would expect. Pretentious rubbish? I'm not so sure, there are english teachery bits but even I could forgive him those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 A very interesting documentary, but it unfortunately looked like it had been filmed by a first year art student and as a result it got annoying very quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger2611 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1448467409' post='2915687'] A very interesting documentary, but it unfortunately looked like it had been filmed by a first year art student and as a result it got annoying very quickly. [/quote] I agree, I have recorded it but I watched the first 10 minutes and found it annoying, I am just not into Julian Temple's directing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 [quote name='deepbass5' timestamp='1448458160' post='2915574'] I stuck with it and enjoyed the Art house style interlaced clips, strange but thought provoking. I was not aware of his intellect and other interests. So wonder now if he had more to do with the input to what was to be an epitaph to him, If you are to die and someone wants to make a documentary about your exit, My guess is he wanted it to be a poetical statement about his inner self not just dismissed as "another old guitarist died today headline". [/quote] Not had a chance to watch yet but from the descriptions it sounds very much like the style which Julien Temple used for Oil City too - lots of vintage clip intercutting and odd/arty backdrops for the otherwise talking head interviews. Wilko came out of that documentary looking quite the polymath too. So my very strong suspicion is that it's less Wilko trying to get Temple to make him look dead cool and clever in his obit, more Temple's style allied to Wilko's sideways view of life and general level of quirkiness... Unlike others really looking forward to it EVEN more now. I loved Oil City Confidential but I could see how Temple's direction could grate on some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luulox Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 I had to give up after 10 minutes. I wanted to like it because I always liked wilko and find him an interesting bloke but it seemed a case of style over substance to me. I did record it tho and might try again at some point. It must have got better it surely can't have been like the first 10 minutes all way thru. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepbass5 Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 It was style over substance, I would have liked to have heard more of his last album etc, but this was about the man, A man dealing with the big C and how that knowledge and end date affects an individual, It was not a musical journey biog. Still Liked it could watch again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 I liked the bits that were actually about Wilco, but just cah`t stick J Temples film style - all that flicking onto "meaningful" stuff and that. Just stick with the actual subject, which is always much more interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geddys nose Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Bit arty farty but the Wilco bits are worth watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 I was transfixed all the way through. Thought it was brilliant. - and a real eye opener on the man. I thought Wilko came out of it very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoRhino Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Watched it today. Think it's an excellent film. Knowing a bit about Wilko's life from OCC helped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivansc Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Shame he didnt even give a tiny nod to the debt he owes Mick Green though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutton Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 I enjoyed the documentary. It has whetted my appetite as I'm going to see Wilko and the great Norman Watt-Roy tomorrow night in Aberdeen when they support Status Quo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr zed Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 I recorded/watched this and I enjoyed it. I also enjoyed Oil City Confidential. Hope you enjoy the gig tomorrow night Hutton - should be a cracker! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12stringbassist Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 I stuck with it to the end, but I wish they had just slotted in more Feelgoods and Wilko concert footage instead of all the Shakespearean drivel. Overjoyed he's still with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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