London screening of Be Pure - Be Vigilant - Behave & Nicky Wire Q&A

[Marconi Delorian]

https://www.picturehouses.com/movie-...ant-behave-q-a

Scared To Dance: Be Pure - Be Vigilant - Behave + Manic Street Preachers Q&A

Manic Street Preachers peerless classic third album The Holy Bible was released on the 30th August 1994.

Thirty years to the day since that album’s release, the band (in conjunction with Picturehouse Central and Scared To Dance) will mark the 30th anniversary of the album’s release with an exclusive one-off screening of Be Pure - Be Vigilant - Behave - the acclaimed concert film that captured the extraordinary live performances of The Holy Bible the band played on a ten date tour in December 2014.

The evening screening on Friday 30th August 2024 will be followed by a Q&A with Manic Street Preachers’ Nicky Wire and the film’s director Kieran Evans during which they will discuss the processes that went into making the film and the long standing creative collaboration between them.

Be Pure - Be Vigilant - Behave was pieced together from footage shot by Evans alone on each of the tour’s ten dates, culminating in three nights at London’s iconic Roundhouse. Arriving in each new venue, Evans would choose a different vantage point to capture James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire and Sean Moore’s performances from in as intimate yet unobtrusive a way as possible.

The result is a stunning testament to the band, their history and the bond they share with their fanbase. During performances where the album was performed in full for the first and only time, the band dragged every inch of emotion and anger possible from their most painful, intense and blistered record, enthralling fans for whom that collection of songs is everything.

Propelled along by an astonishing live mix by long time Manics collaborator Dave Eringa, Be Pure - Be Vigilant - Behave has been described as "the Sex Pistols directed by Gaspar Noé” - an all out assault on the senses and a visceral, brutal yet transcendent document of a series of incredible shows by one of the country’s most vital rock’n’roll bands.

Nicky Wire on Be Pure - Be Vigilant - Behave: “We wanted to transfer the intense claustrophobia of the record onto film to reflect the sheer emotional intensity and physical demands of playing those songs. Armed with just one camera, dug in on stage, we knew Kieran could capture that energy.”

[Suicide Aldi]

Just put out a damn dvd already and stop dicking around showing it in cinemas every couple of years.

[Son of Stopped]

Originally Posted by Suicide Aldi

Just put out a damn dvd already and stop dicking around showing it in cinemas every couple of years.

I'm sure the original excuse was epilepsy inducing strobing worries. It'll help in their bounce back after their shows. I can't make it but could we start a bet about Q&A?
I love the few minutes footage each night to a soundboard recording method. By comparison, other band Live DVD's contain complete performances.
If we can't get a DVD/Blu-ray then a live album version of THB would have suited.

[everlasting]

I've got a copy of this, had it a few years, someone on here sent me a link... it's like 3 gig in size!! I might watch it tonight actually.

[Routine Builder]

It's on YouTube for those inclined. Bug skip, it's cringe inducing watching close ups of unaware and overly aware fans just on a laptop let alone a cinema screen.

[Marconi Delorian]

The Q&A with Nicky is the big draw for me.

[Europa Gluten Free]

Q&A would be cool. I honestly think the artistic direction of the gig (or gigs I should say) is pretty shit.

[kevoutus]

Originally Posted by Routine Builder

It's on YouTube for those inclined. Bug skip, it's cringe inducing watching close ups of unaware and overly aware fans just on a laptop let alone a cinema screen.

I agree, it's a bit of a cringe fest re too much filming on the crowd. Wish the focus was more on the band.

[Judge_yrself]

I've never been able to get all the way through the film, something about the way it's edited and filmed tends to annoy me when I've had it on. I will say that description above - the Sex Pistols directed by Gaspar Noé - doesn't really describe the film for me but is a brilliant line. Was it one of Nicky's? Haha.

[everlasting]

I think they need to stop working with Kieran Evans. He did some decent videos that were well shot like Show Me The Wonder (won a Q award!) and Hold Me Like A Heaven, but bar that his videos are crap and boring, especially recent ones that are just lyric videos with fancy colours swirling about. Maybe he works for free and that's why they work with him, but his artsy fartsy style just bugs me nowadays. They're very dull, but guess the record company don't pay out money nowadays for a band to make good catchy videos to grab people's attention.

[Scarecrow]

Would agree with every word of that, everlasting. His style is samey and lazy. I haven't been interested in a video of theirs for years now and the live visuals are a waste of production potential.

[counterlanguage]

I loved his video for Rewind The Film, but that was a real exception. Be Pure.. looks like a fan film by someone who was lucky enough to get into the pit and ran out of angles and ideas, so filmed the crowd far too much.

I've only watched it a couple of times, probably for that reason but mainly because for me it shows why the majority of gigs shouldn't be recorded & released. Especially the THB gigs - amazing to be there but too often Be Pure lays bare the flaws and the fact that they're different, older people compared to when they made it.

Oh and Pieces Of Sleep, the other Kieran Evans doc... don't get me started. What a wasted opportunity. Pretentious cobblers.

[UEF]

The Generation Terrorists one was good, where they talk through each song

[Scarecrow]

Originally Posted by UEF

The Generation Terrorists one was good, where they talk through each song

I do love a track-by-track by any musician really, even if with Manics it inevitably leads to them saying 'this is a load of rubbish, I hate this one etc' about some of my favourites. There went my dream of hearing So Dead live.

[counterlanguage]

Yes really liked Culture, Alienation, Boredom and Despair. Well worth watching on Youtube if you haven't seen it.