Mozagoth!
Lost on Maudlin Street
Thoughts on the film? https://letterboxd.com/film/england-is-mine/
Personally, I thought it was pretty bad, and that seems to be the general consensus, though I have seen some very positive reviews, too. I can't say I've read Morrissey's auto-biography yet so I can't vouch for the factual accuracy, but of course the film has no rights for the music and so is forced to depict the time right before The Smiths were formed. The cinematography is pretty and the performances are great - I think Jack Lowden is a fantastic actor and plays Morrissey well, or at least what he's given, but the problem is the script. Even taken as just a kitchen-sink film about detachment and isolation and to some degree, mental illness, it's weak, it's saccharine, it's aggressively conventional, but mostly it's just sinfully boring. There are a couple good moments here and there - but this is taking it just as a film. In my view it captures a farcical parody of the essence of Morrissey as an artist and person, at best a highly flawed pastiche.
Interested to hear views from other Morrissey fans.
Personally, I thought it was pretty bad, and that seems to be the general consensus, though I have seen some very positive reviews, too. I can't say I've read Morrissey's auto-biography yet so I can't vouch for the factual accuracy, but of course the film has no rights for the music and so is forced to depict the time right before The Smiths were formed. The cinematography is pretty and the performances are great - I think Jack Lowden is a fantastic actor and plays Morrissey well, or at least what he's given, but the problem is the script. Even taken as just a kitchen-sink film about detachment and isolation and to some degree, mental illness, it's weak, it's saccharine, it's aggressively conventional, but mostly it's just sinfully boring. There are a couple good moments here and there - but this is taking it just as a film. In my view it captures a farcical parody of the essence of Morrissey as an artist and person, at best a highly flawed pastiche.
Interested to hear views from other Morrissey fans.