The Smiths: The Complete Picture

1992 0h 50m EN

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7.8

BANGER

★7.8TMDB · 7

Music

Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Morrissey
himself
Johnny Marr
himself
Andy Rourke
himself
Mike Joyce
himself
Dale Hibbert
himself
Craig Gannon
himself

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Derek Jarman
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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Tight 50-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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34 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Morrissey and Johnny Marr and Andy Rourke carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0271196 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Derek Jarman directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 50-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
234 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Morrissey and Johnny Marr and Andy Rourke carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0271196 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.