Advantages: Some insight into Manchester music scene Disadvantages: Not much insight into alcoholic haze of central character
...being more famous as being the younger sister of Paul Morley, the music critic. Or she could have, before the release of this DVD. << What is it about? >>
A collection of personal accounts and snippets of interviews, with the life of Carol Morley, as lived in the early 80s in Manchester, as the sole subject. Her advertisement in the personal columns ran as follows - "Carol Morley. Film project. Please contact me if you knew me between 1982 - 1987". ... ...all - the longest sequence of her consists of footage of her tongue (erm, is "footage" really the correct word - "tongueage" perhaps?)
Morley herself would say the film is more about the city of Manchester at that time, than it is about her. It is true that you could view it as a documentary about Manchester, but it would be a very half-hearted one, and a very narrowly focussed one. Most of the participants are related to the Manchester music scene ...
BuzzinMovies 16.06.2005
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