
Film Info
The Libertines: There Are No Innocent Bystanders
Film Information
Exhibition Title | The Libertines: There Are No Innocent Bystanders |
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Original Title | The Libertines: There Are No Innocent Bystanders |
English Title | The Libertines: There Are No Innocent Bystanders |
Director | Roger Sargent |
Country | ![]() |
Year | 2011 |
Format | DCP |
Colour | Color |
Duration | 82' |
Cast:
- Intérpretes / Cast: Pete Doherty, Carl Barât, John Hassall, Gary Powell
Production:
- Edición / Editing: Christian Brown, Ben Stark
- Producción / Producer: Thomas Benski, Jamie Clark, David Standen
- Compañía Productora / Production Company: Pulse Films
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Synopsis
Yes, this is a film about The Libertines, but no, it doesn’t indulge the temptation of being an E True Hollywood Story chapter. And that’s saying a lot for a documentary that revolves around the most troubled band in England, whose frontman used to go in and out of jails and rehab clinics as often as we go to the supermarket around the corner to get a beer. Instead, photographer Roger Sargent –in his first experience as a director– uses that free pass he gets from being an old friend of the band and goes into the rehearsals and dressing rooms, and also walks around with each band member through the most significant places in the band’s history. What’s the excuse? The band’s short reunion in 2010, which led them to play in the Reading and Leeds festivals, the two biggest gigs of their career. Of course, the juiciest part is the one-on-one scenes: Pete Doherty and Carl Barat tell their separate sides of the story and display their unfiltered love-hate relationship with an almost child-like sweetness.
Lucas Garófalo
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