It’s being shown here in Dublin in a few weeks time. Had a look at some reviews and it seems to face some difficult hurdles (no Talk Talk music allowed, nobody directly involved with Talk Talk agreed to participate etc.) but subject matter inherently fascinating so I’m still tempted….
without seeing even the trailer - when i see stuff like that (a film about somebody/something in which that somebody/something doesn’t authorize/appear in) i assume the film is really much more about the filmmaker than the subject. sometimes that’s good, sometimes not.
but i do love those later TT albums, so i’ll be curious to hear anyone’s report on the film.
I’m sure I heard a piece on radio recently about a film documenting the making of Nothing Compares to U without being allowed to use the song Nothing Compares to U. I think the overall feeling was that it was a great documentary. Maybe i dreamt that.
No, Prince’s estate refused permission
Apologies for going off topic. Will look out for the TT doc though.
First I’ve heard of the film. The Terms and Conditions sound quite counter intuitive but it’s got my attention as I am in love with Talk Talk. I’m replying to this without researching it whatsoever so about to do that.
Have to admit, I was very slow to warm to Talk Talk. ‘New Grass’ was the first track that really clicked and am now pretty much obsessed. Have recently been spending lots of time with Mark Hollis’ solo album which is a thing of rare beauty.
I heard a track this morning on an old-ish mix cd that samples a track from Mark Hollis’ solo album. It’s led to me listening to The Colour of Spring for the 1000th time, then checking out the 2 that came after- which I’ve not yet got into the same as I did with TCOS. His voice is just heart achingly beautiful- gets me every time, especially on ‘April 5th’!
Also reading up a bit, finding out about the documentary which I will hopefully get round to watching at some point.