Country: GB
Technical: col/scope 95m
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurenson
Synopsis:
A rock star looks back over his father's death and his childhood during the war while burning out on a concert tour.
Review:
Technically brilliant, particularly from the standpoint of the animation, but a relentless assault on the viewer's sensibilities, as if to bludgeon one into acceptance of its solipsistic, anti-authoritarian take on British society. As one critic put it at the time, it erupts into outbursts of vandalism whenever it seems to have been quiet for long enough.
Country: GB
Technical: col/scope 95m
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurenson
Synopsis:
A rock star looks back over his father's death and his childhood during the war while burning out on a concert tour.
Review:
Technically brilliant, particularly from the standpoint of the animation, but a relentless assault on the viewer's sensibilities, as if to bludgeon one into acceptance of its solipsistic, anti-authoritarian take on British society. As one critic put it at the time, it erupts into outbursts of vandalism whenever it seems to have been quiet for long enough.
