There is no doubt that “24 Hour Party People” It is one of the great biopics in the history of pop rock cinema, a classic that focuses more on a scene than on an artist. Now a new special edition in Blu Ray will be published with more than four hours of extra material.
The British director Michael Winterbottom (“Welcome to Sarajevo”, “Nine songs”, “Way to Guantanamo”) He directed in 2002 the one that continues to be one of the most fun films and at the same time interesting focused on a music scene. Taking the journalist and director of Factory Records as a central axis Tony Wilsonthe film reflected all the evolution of the independent scene of Manchester and its conversion in Madchester with the arrival of electronic rhythms. The result is a classic of its time that will now have a special edition at the height after more than twenty years of its premiere and For the first time in Blu Ray. It will be available on May 30.
In addition to the remastered film – in which we will see the evolution of bands such as Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays, A Certain Ratio…–, this edition of Vértigo Films has more than four and a half hours of extra material with audiocomentarios; the featurettes “The true Tony Wilson”, “Live Legends” and “The Genesis”; Documentary about the filming of the film; Interviews with Tony Wilson himself and various artists of the time; eliminated scenes and a document with Peter Saville and Tony Wilson commenting the covers of Factory Records. In addition, it includes a libretto in which our editorial chief, Joan S. Lunareview those years and the perspective from which the film analyzes the facts.
In the soundtrack you can listen to songs from Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays, Sex Pistols, BuzzCocks or The Clashamong others. The edition is now available in physical and virtual stores.
