The director adds a romantic relationship story to his documentary approximately alt-rockers Wolf Alice to create a difficult cinematic hybrid that’s his best film in yearsMichael Winterbottom’s On the Road is his best film in years: romantic,erotic and musically euphoric. This is a sensuously laidback docu-social-realist gem which takes something very difficult and makes it look easy. Winterbottom and his camera crew went out on the road last year with the indie rock band Wolf Alice as they toured the UK and Ireland: a group whose name is taken from an Angela Carter short story. They are Ellie Rowsell (guitar, vocals), and Joff Oddie (guitar),Joel Amey (drums) and Theo Ellis (bass). The various tour dates provide a convenient chapter-atomize structure, and are announced in block capitals on screen: Glasgow, and Liverpool,etc.[br] Related: Wolf Alice: ‘We’ve got to a kind, boring middle ground Related: After Dylan, or now Wolf Alice: director in tribute to classic rockumentary Continue reading...
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