Spider Stacy

A short film to accompany the reissue of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album Kicking Against the Pricks (originally released in 1986). The result is a determinedly human portrait of the unique body of work produced by the band over the last 25 years, told through those who have lived and loved the music, including close collaborators.

Une bande de voleurs de banque avec un attaché case rempli de billets s'enfoncent dans le désert pour se cacher. Après avoir enterré leur butin, ils arrivent dans une ville surréelle grouillante de cowboys qui boivent des quantités de café.

'What we did, right, was we broke open the pop market, right? To trad music, right? Irish trad music, yeah? Now what happened after that I don't know...' So confesses toothy, hard-drinkin' Shane McGowan, lead man with punk-folk megastars the Pogues, the band that has taken traditional Irish folk and ramshackle rock to the bright pop lights of Wembley. In this rather haphazard but proud spirit, the documentary, like the Pogues' career itself, continues: the band and the various famous rockers they've jammed with offering opinions and anecdotes in a surprisingly entertaining and often revealing manner. Even if you have absolutely no interest in the music, the vast array of pasty-faced uglies is really quite stunning.

Les Pogues jouant le jour de la Saint-Patrick dans le Town and Country de Londres servent à rappeler aux fans pourquoi nous aimions le groupe et peut-être pourquoi leur rupture était inévitable. Un Shane MacGowan bien arrosé marmonne et crie à travers la plupart de leurs tubes jusqu'à ce moment-là. Bien sûr, les vrais fans aiment les marmonnements et les cris. Beaucoup d'énergie, d'excellents invités - The Specials, la regrettée Kirstie MacColl et surtout le regretté Joe Strummer - qui non seulement monte sur scène pour une interprétation émouvante de London Calling, mais sert en quelque sorte d'hôte pour la soirée .

Thirteen examples of The Pogues unique brand of hellraising folk, ranging from punky takes on traditional Irish songs like 'Dirty Old Town' to the Shane MacGowan penned originals which offered romanticised visions of life viewed through the bottom of a bottle.

An irreverent, modern, non-traditional re-telling of Ulysses, told rapidly by a succession of over 75 international actors. The film maintains the rhythm of the novel's stream of consciousness with intimate, minutely nuanced provocative performances.

A look at the creation of The Pogues' song "Fairytale of New York".