What Do You Do For An Encore? - Pulp Film Thread

[eamonn]

I think for the likes of us, something comprehensive would not be commercial enough to make a film out of! Especially if it's primarily a concert film with cute narrative and archive bits in between.

I was curious as to how they'd manage both elements when it was said they were going through the archives.

Having chosen that way of doing it, and sticking to an economic running time, I don't think it could have been done much better. And for me, it's more watchable this way than if it had been a pure concert film with the 7 or 8 missing live songs.

I loved the use of photos and press cuttings overlaid on the screen and the animated drawings of Good Pop Bad Pop and the band timeline coming to life. All very appealing visually and faithful to the Pulp scrapbook ethos.

One thing I mentioned in my spoiler review (hidden above) is that if there was a glaring omission, it was a bit more chat and archive about the breakthrough years.

My brother watched it with me last night and he said he felt the pacing was off as the rise to success was quickly narrated and he'd love to have seen Countdown.

Obviously they didn't play that live but I do agree that the performance of OU or Acrylic Afts (Razzmatazz too if it had been performed) could have been added to flesh-out the giddy '92 to '94 years more.

[liltman]

Yeah, they missed a trick by not talking more about the early 90s... I thought they might during the Barry White segment... they could have had fun with the link between his space obsession/Countdown etc.

What I'd give to get my hands on all the archive footage... they did a great job and the surprises in your spoilered review were lovely. I don't think I've seen that clip of the 2011 reunion sugar conversation before, it was great to see Russell sat with them and I want to see more!

The animation of the band was nice and I think Jennings was a great fit for the tour and this film. He seems like a lovely guy.

I enjoyed the 2012 film too and I think it's nice to have two very different approaches to the two reunions.

Grateful more than ever for Sturdy's book though - would be great for a TV equivalent - though as was said earlier here, they don't seem to want that. Maybe something for the 50th anniversary?

[eamonn]

The Catcliffe sugar chat was from the 2005 BBC documentary The Story of Common People:

https://youtu.be/h3wUANrCwmU?si=Qn7MaF-8LyBRfshQ

[saw119]

The Catcliffe sugar chat was from the 2005 BBC documentary The Story of Common People:

https://youtu.be/h3wUANrCwmU?si=Qn7MaF-8LyBRfshQ

And that's one of the best Pulp docs out there. They used an awful lot of No Sleep Til Sheffield in the new film. I might give Fanfare For The Common People another watch. There was a weird section where it was 1980 then it was 1985 and then it was 1981! I suppose only idiots like us notice that though.
Anyway, I snapped this on my early walk to work this morning

It's just up the road from where the former venue of the Ritblat club used to be.