Starshaped (1993)

Directed by

Matthew Longfellow

Genre

rockumentary

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h

Rating

8.2 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows the British band Blur in the early 1990s. It shows live performances, festival appearances, and interviews mixed with behind the scenes footage of the band members drinking, arguing, and being sick.

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What happens

Starshaped is a 1993 documentary film on the British band Blur. Conceived as a fly on the wall documentary, it became a collection of live performances, videos and festival footage, and band interviews. Highlights include the band's performance at the 1991 Reading Festival and a brief interview with John Peel, and the band's 1992 appearance at the Glastonbury Festival when singer Damon Albarn lunges into a PA speaker which falls, injuring his foot. The band are regularly captured in drunken states through the film, sometimes arguing and even (in Albarn's case) vomiting. The majority of the music in the film comes from the band's first two albums, Leisure and Modern Life Is Rubbish, although the non-album tracks "Popscene" and "Day Upon Day" are also included. Several fans give their verdict on Blur, particularly on how the band have perfected their live act. The band's manager also appears in some scenes, although his face is blanked out. Two German fans seem obsessed with the band and Damon Albarn in particular, having followed the group from New York to England to Germany. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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