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Best film in history

posted 17 years ago by steve-2127
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This is brilliant. Joe Strummer was and is truly inspirational. What did he know that I don't? Everything and nothing.. he didn't have any answers- because there arent any. He believed to remember you are alive and to treat people with respect.
Hardly a profound or radical philospophy but it means more than that because of his intensity and integrity.
This is a film where marks out of ten are irrelevant. If you think Joe Strummer is interesting, love The Clash and enjoy contemplating life, you will think this is a great film.
If you don't you won't.
I don't believe in regrets but i do regret not being in The Clash. I think it was down to the fact they had never met me, I was at school and I wasn't a musician- even in the I can't really play at all punk sense- but I still feel I missed out.

[–] norwegianduckparty 17 years ago

i also regret having not been in the clash, i was sadly not born at the time. but i can't wait to see the movie, anything clash-related that i'm alive to see and be a part of is welcome.

[–] norwegianduckparty 17 years ago

oh, never mind, turns out it's not even SHOWING anywhere near me. please excuse me while i go on a killing spree.

[–] niceace-2 17 years ago

^ lol you kook.

[–] norwegianduckparty 17 years ago

actually i retract my kooky other comments because i got to see it yesterday and it really was amazing. i recommend it even to non-clash/strummer fans because it's just perfect in every way

[–] falcoholic 17 years ago

just watched it yesterday and it blew me away. I was crying for the last 30 minutes of the movie. joe strummer, a true inspiration!!!

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[–] aileenew 17 years ago

As a teenager I ran off to see The Clash, I then met them back stage several times. Joe always made time for those of us who waited after the show, he answered questions and made space for us to hang out with the band and I have some excellent pics of him, Paul, Topper, Bernie, Mick, and Torry Chimes. I saw The Clash in various incarnations.
I have yet to see a live band who are better, I am just really glad I was around.
Years later Joe turned up at a Mean Fiddler Festival I was working at in St Austell, Kernow and played an acoustic set round the fire, it was about 1998 and he was already a legend to some of the audience.

I can't really get my head round him being dead. I think his voice sounds better than ever and this film is the first DVD I have actually gone and bought in years.

My oldest son is named after him, but he's into Pitchshifter.

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[–] doctorhumpp 17 years ago

I was wondering which lineup I saw...anyone? I forgot that Joe fired everyone at one point. Excellent docu, a lot more fascinating than Westway to the World.

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[–] MacMacReady 16 years ago

I agree. this was fantastic. Really expressed the intangible that made them who they were and are.

[–] nikolaicho_ivanov 16 years ago

i regret not being in the sex pistols

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