The Band: Britpop sensation Blur.
The Doc: If you were fortunate enough to catch this on the big screen, you would've really been able to appreciate the surprisingly cinematic quality of this beautifully shot doc. While No Distance is gifted with a very candid look at the band, during their time apart and as they reformed for a series of live gigs, you'll likely remember it for its affecting look at friendships and anxieties.
There is some eye-openingly honest insight into the side effects of sudden fame, but Blur also remind us what they were all about with some fantastic live footage capturing the reformed band doing what they do best.
Musical Highlight: That'd be the whole of the DVD's Disc Two, a 2 hour live set from the phenomenal Hyde Park gigs.
Encore? The future looks a little uncertain for the band, with numerous side projects eating into their time, but we don't expect to have seen the last of these fellas.
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Hadouken76
Jul 1st 2010, 15:15
Flight 666, lets face it you wont see Bono pilotting the tour plane any time soon and I recently saw a 4 hour doc on Tom Petty, i didnt like Tom Petty but I do now!
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stomachpop
Jul 4th 2010, 15:33
The Flaming Lips doc 'The Fearless Freaks' is amazing! Put together with years worth of footage featuring some truly strange and interesting characters....or there is always the ace bio 'Hated' about GG Allen, frontman for the The Murder Jumkies, not only do we see him brawl with fans and roll around in his own faeces but the footage of his final concert where he runs naked from the cops and emerges from a window with a needle hanging from his arm is surely the spirit of rock and roll captured on film!
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