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Release Year1992
Runtime0h 50m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationPG
GenresMusic
Votes7
DirectorDerek Jarman, Paula Grief, Tim Broad
WritersDerek Jarman, Paula Grief, Tim Broad
TypeFeature Film
Rating7.8 out of 10
Cast6 credited
Also Known AsThe Smiths: The Complete Picture
About The Smiths: The Complete Picture
Thirteen Smiths' recordings, half of them in a club with a live audience. These alternate with five rock videos, two directed by Derek Jarman (Panic and Ask), two by Tim Broad (Girlfriend in a Coma and Stop Me...), and one by Paula Grief and Richard Levine (How Soon Is Now?). It concludes with Jarman's short film, "The Queen Is Dead," with a three-song soundtrack. The rock videos, particularly Jarman's, are filled with multiple and superimposed images, changing tints, and little narrative coherence; they get their pace from the music's rhythm. Androgyny, dancing children, belching smokestacks, graffiti, angry young men, a waif in a cap: collages of modern alienation.
Directed by Derek Jarman, Paula Grief, Tim Broad, The Smiths: The Complete Picture leans on a strong ensemble — Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about music titles of 1992.
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