The Beat Is The Law: Fanfare for the Common People

Eve Wood, UK, 2010, 90 min, Europese première – OOR selectie

The Beat is the Law vertelt het verhaal van de Engelse Britpop band Pulp. Van hun start in de donkere krochten van het industriële Sheffield naar de top van de pop via het eigengereide techno/house label Warp Records. Met Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker, Richard Hawley (Longpigs), Mark Brydon (Moloko), Rob Gordon (Warp), Adi Newton (Clock DVA) en vele anderen.

The Beat is the Law tells the story of seminal pop misfits/messiahs Pulp, over the course of their journey from the darkest industrial depths of Sheffield to the pinnacle of pop via the consciousness-raising techno/house of Warp Records. The film features Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker, Richard Hawley (Longpigs), Mark Brydon (Moloko), Rob Gordon (Warp), Adi Newton (Clock DVA) and many more.