Industrial Soundtrack for the Urban Decay

2015

Action / Documentary / History / Music

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 95%
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 186 186

Director

Top cast

Boyd Rice as Non
Adrian Smith as Click Click
Derek Smith as Click Click
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477.76 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
24 fps
12 hr 52 min
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886.71 MB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
24 fps
12 hr 52 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by benz211 6 / 10

Wasted Opportunity...

I finally got around to watching this movie, and I say this as someone who is quite well-versed about the early Industrial scene... For what it's worth, I even own the little RE/Search: Industrial Culture Handbook that is referenced in the documentary.The first thing I noticed is that the runtime is less than one hour... I'm not sure what led to this decision, but the final product is about as shallow and tepid as one would expect. The story of TG and its offshoots alone could fill up an entire miniseries. How disappointing!There's not much discussion about the techniques used to make the music. There are also no new insights into 'hidden meanings' or other interesting facts behind your favorite albums or tracks. A Coil track appears at the end, but there is zero posthumous discussion about them aside from Cosey mentioning Sleazy once in the context of a TG reunion.It's clear that the people who produced this film have some love for the genre, and it's cool that they were able to gather the interviews they did. But I must say, even Chris & Cosey's segment in the 'Synth Britannia' synth-pop documentary was more informative and interesting than anything in this documentary.I guess the main thing I came away from this with was the question of "Who is this for?" Because any fan of the early industrial scene will know almost anything mentioned in this movie. And yet, someone without any knowledge will not walk away with a great idea of what the scene was all about. I just see it as a sad waste of an opportunity... all of these extremely talented, fascinating people, who will remain on this Earth for a finite amount of time, and yet it feels like they tapped into less than 1% of the information they could have transmitted.
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Reviewed by xedna 9 / 10

a brief rusted masterpiece right in your face

Just seen this one in an independent modern art cinema with a bunch of some 250 young people, who seemed to be interested on what was going on on the big screen rather than on their mobile screens, despite the movie comes in original (English) with subtitles.

First of all, this one has a proper trailer, which really catches the spirit and the atmosphere of what's thing is about (interviews, memories, some funny moments etc. with solid harsh noises on the background). However, the duration is less than an hour, so this well-thought out and well felt documentary is a bit too short. All the headliners, including Throbbing Gristle, SPK, Cabaret Voltaire, NON etc. are there, and quite memorable, but the impression of introductory videotape is strong afterward. On the other hand, it's clear that duration increase could have led to audience narrowing, so the result is rather well balanced. For me as a listener of these titles and their albums this one seemed rather short, however for most in 2015 it's just OK I guess, to raise the interest in the genre, to unveil the legend.

Personally it was nice to hear a couple of words from Stefan Alt, who's contribution (Ant-Zen) is next wave, post-industrial actually, however he said the right words which set up bonds of the genres, further into wider audience and popular culture.

I would recommend watching ISFTUD for anyone from 16+, interested in alternative and counter culture, to widen the limits of perception, submitted by society norms, besides the film's message is clear and positive — one should forget fear and confusion if there's a mission felt to deliver and share a sort of alternative culture, aside from stereotypes, and when it's accomplished, it could bring wealth as well, just like in pop culture.

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