NTSC/Region 0. Full length documentary featuring artist,poet & musician Billy Childish,along with thirty five minutes of bonus interview & live performance footage. Reputed to have recorded one hundred LP's during his 24 yr career & now admired by the likes of Jack White & Shane McGowan. An insight into the man & the phenomenon. The DVD featuring rare archive footage from many of Billy's musical projects, 'Billy Childish Is Dead' offers a fascinating insight into Billy's life and his views on many aspects of his childhood, career achievements and everyday existence. Billy granted the filmmakers access into his home and on tour with his current band The Buff Medways. Many of Billy's friends, colleagues and admirers, including Shane McGowan, Holly Golightly, journalists Miranda Sawyer and Matthew Collings, Kids director Larry Clark and renowned author Bevis Hillier give their own unique insights into the man and the phenomenon. Cherry Red Records. 2005.
Billy Childish has resided on the cultural fringe for well over 20 years as a painter, writer, and musician who has remained proudly defiant of the art world's market structure, and protective of his integrity and independent spirit. His outspoken nature has made him both a pariah and martyr in artistic circles. Getting kicked out of art school was just the beginning of Childish's run-ins with the system, but his determination to remain autonomous has allowed him to express scathing sentiments and poignant truths about the world from which he finds himself alienated. This documentary takes an in-depth look a complex, complicated artist, as Childish allows the filmmakers complete access to his life, and offers firsthand stories of his experiences in childhood, his career, and his views on art and life. Billy is shown on tour with his band The Buff Medways, and interviews are conducted with his admirers, which include Shane McGowan (former Pogues frontman), Holly Golightly, journalists Miranda Sawyer and Matthew Collings, and others.
Billy Childish - Is Dead Reviews:
"[A] fascinating picture of a true radical traditionalist, chasing the grail of authenticity with a dogged, stiff-upper-lip determination."
-- Uncut Staff, Uncut
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Region 0 Full Frame - 1.33 Audio: (unspecified) - English Additional Release Material: Production Interviews: Billy Childish - Subject
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