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Live Forever

6.5 82 mins Documentary   Music   2003
Passion Pictures  
Director(s): John Dower

In the mid-1990s, spurred on by both the sudden world-domination of bands such as Oasis and Prime Minister Tony Blair's "Cool Brittania" campaign, British culture experienced a brief and powerful boost that made it appear as if Anglophilia was everywhere--at least if you believed the press. Pop music was the beating heart of this idea, and suddenly, "Britpop" was a movement. Oasis, their would-be rivals Blur, Pulp, The Verve, and many more bands rode this wave to international chart success. But was Britpop a real phenomenon, or just a marketing ploy? This smart and often hilarious documentary probes the question with copious interviews from Noel and Liam Gallagher of Oasis, Pulp's Jarvis Cocker, Damon Albarn of Blur, Sleeper's Louise Wener, and many other artists and critics who suddenly found themselves at the cultural forefront.

Casts of Live Forever

Noel Gallagher

as Self

Liam Gallagher

as Self

Damon Albarn

as Self

Jarvis Cocker

as Self

Kevin Cummins

as Self

Toby Young

as Self

Ozwald Boateng

as Self

Damien Hirst

as Self

Robert Del Naja

as Self

Jon Savage

as Self

Louise Wener

as Self

Peter Mandelson

as Self

James Brown

as Self

Tony Blair

as Self (archive footage)

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