It's a documentary about the Britpop scene of the 90's. It opens tomorrow in the UK, no word on a US release yet. www.futuremovies.co.uk/live_forever.htm An older review with incorrect release date info: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/reviews/2459043.stm I can't wait to see it.
Damn. When you said britpop, I was hoping to see a documentary on the good pop music to come from England in the 90s: The Spice Girls and Robbie Williams, not that lousy Oasis crap.
Ahem. Right. I heard an interview with the guy behind this movie on BBC last Saturday afternoon - sounds like a good one. It only comes out in the UK in March, and it'll probably be seen in about 3 theatres nationwide here, but I'm definitely going to be on the lookout for it.
Of course, if it were a documentary on the Spice Girls, it'd obviously be called Viva Forever, not Live Forever.
The pop music scene there was big, but Britpop defined the music of a generation. Bands like Oasis and Blur revitalized the British music scene of the early 90s, and this documentary is about that. I hear its good, though we'll probably have to wait for DVD to see this in the US.
As far as I know, it hasn't made it over here. As soon as I get region-free dvd player that can play PAL movies on my TV, this will be one of my first pick ups.
I picked it up at Heathrow a few weeks ago, and haven't gotten around to watching it yet. I just loaned it to someone who is trying out their newly region-free-hacked DVD player, so I'll report back in a week or so when I get it back.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001I2BUS/103-9330181-9311837 "This item will be released on May 18, 2004"