Blur Movies
- 2009
Vincent Regan stars in this French-language paranoia thriller as Peter Burton, a diabolically brilliant young man. In lieu of pursuing a formal education and a 9-to-5 office job, Peter ankled the standard route to success and now makes his living as a serial thief, lifting the valuables of patrons at an airport where he's nominally employed as a baggage handler. His life takes an astonishing turn when one of his colleagues, Gerard, pries open the suitcase of a Syrian diplomat and is promptly blown up by a terrorist bomb; the DST (Directorate of Territorial Surveillance) then approaches Peter, acknowledges that it knows all about his criminal activities, and offers him an ultimatum: it will arrange immunity for all of the pickpocketing if the thief helps the agency track down the parties responsible for the bomb plant. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Vincent Regan, Stephen Rea, (more)
In 1970, a music aficionado and entrepreneur named Michael Eavis staged a "pop, folk, and blues" festival on a dairy farm in the English community of Glastonbury, not far from Stonehenge. 1,500 attended the "Glastonbury Fayre," and a second festival followed in 1971. By 2005, The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts had grown into the biggest pop music festival in the world, playing host to the biggest names in rock, reggae, electronic, blues, and world music for a crowd of up to 150,000 people over the course of a three-day weekend in June. Filmmaker Julien Temple offers a backstage look at the history of this event, as well as a cross section of the memorable performances which have taken place on the festival's stage in the documentary Glastonbury. Performers featured in archival footage include R.E.M., David Bowie, New Order, Radiohead, Coldplay, the Velvet Underground, Nick Cave, Oasis, Blur, Björk, and many more. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michael Eavis, T. Rex, (more)
- 2003
One of the leading bands of the 1990s Brit-pop revolution, Blur were phenomenally popular in the U.K., and have developed a loyal and growing following in the United States. Blur: The Best Of collects the 23 videos the band has produced since the release of their first album in 1991. Selections include "Song 2," "Country House," "Parklife," "Girls and Boys," "Popscene," "Bettlebum," and "No Distance Left to Run." ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
The early years of Britain's Blur are captured in a classic live performance in this concert film from Virgin Records. Blur: Starshaped includes renditions of such songs as "There's No Other Way," "When Will We Be Married," "Sunday Sunday," "Day Upon Day," and "Chemical World." Also included are two additional early-'90s concerts filmed in Kilburn and at The Princess Charlotte. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
