The Future Is UnwritteN the documentary film!(Joe strummer)

[fastcar183]

The Future Is Unwritten, made by his friend, film director Julien Temple, promises to be the definitive documentary about the lead singer of The Clash, who died of a congenital heart defect in December 2002, aged 50. It features contributions from Bono(U2), Martin Scorsese(Film-maker), hollywood star Johnny Depp and John Cusack. Strummer's radical Leftwing lyrics established the Clash as campaigners against fascism, racism and US expansionism. The Clash's albums, which embraced everything from reggae to hiphop, rockabilly and calypso, paved the way for today's interest in World Music, while the influence of punk graphics and clothes on high street fashion can still be felt. including 8mm family films from Joe's childhood and a performance from the 101ers, director Julien Temple has assembled a truly impressive array of footage...
and the date release of this film will be on 18th of may 2007 in UK, you can visit this site for more info:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800099/
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/.../article.do

[dublinrambler]

http://www.nme.com/news/joe-strummer/27982

[philipchevron]

Bono, huh? Fuck.

[mats]

There must be something about The Pogues in this movie. After all Joe Strummer was a 9th Pogue, producer and a band member. Maybe not the most important part of his career but still a big part of it.

[Mike from Boston]

Bono, huh? Fuck.

Don't we have to call him Sir Bono now ??

[philipchevron]

There must be something about The Pogues in this movie. After all Joe Strummer was a 9th Pogue, producer and a band member. Maybe not the most important part of his career but still a big part of it.

Martin McDonagh has seen it. He tells me there is quite a funny bit where Joe says something like "I quit drinking. The very next day I had a phone call from The Pogues.................."

[The Duke of Ingmar]

Bono, huh? Fuck.

Don't we have to call him Sir Bono now ??

Nah, we don´t ... as an Irishman he´s not entitled to be called "Sir". It´s the same with Bob Geldof. Normally no Irishman would be sad about this, I guess, but I´m not sure with those two.

[philipchevron]

Bono, huh? Fuck.

Don't we have to call him Sir Bono now ??

Nah, we don´t ... as an Irishman he´s not entitled to be called "Sir". It´s the same with Bob Geldof. Normally no Irishman would be sad about this, I guess, but I´m not sure with those two.

They hanged Sir Roger Casement, one of the Empire's great humanitarians and reformers. It was the last time an Irishman took the honour seriously.

[The Duke of Ingmar]

Bono, huh? Fuck.

Don't we have to call him Sir Bono now ??

Nah, we don´t ... as an Irishman he´s not entitled to be called "Sir". It´s the same with Bob Geldof. Normally no Irishman would be sad about this, I guess, but I´m not sure with those two.

They hanged Sir Roger Casement, one of the Empire's great humanitarians and reformers. It was the last time an Irishman took the honour seriously.

What made him change his mind so dramatically from being a British consul to being an Irish nationalist ?

[philipchevron]

Bono, huh? Fuck.

Don't we have to call him Sir Bono now ??

Nah, we don´t ... as an Irishman he´s not entitled to be called "Sir". It´s the same with Bob Geldof. Normally no Irishman would be sad about this, I guess, but I´m not sure with those two.

They hanged Sir Roger Casement, one of the Empire's great humanitarians and reformers. It was the last time an Irishman took the honour seriously.

What made him change his mind so dramatically from being a British consul to being an Irish nationalist ?

Casement spent most of his career trying to remedy injustice in far-flung outposts of the Empire. It would be remiss of him not to notice that Home Rule was dragging its feet a bit closer to home.

[The Duke of Ingmar]

What made him change his mind so dramatically from being a British consul to being an Irish nationalist ?

Casement spent most of his career trying to remedy injustice in far-flung outposts of the Empire. It would be remiss of him not to notice that Home Rule was dragging its feet a bit closer to home.

So he was trying to change (or at least fight) the system from with him ?

Did he literally take part in the fighting, or was he basically "the man behind" ?

[philipchevron]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Casement

[Clash Cadillac]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Casement

Very educational, thanks for posting this as I knew nothing of Roger Casement prior. After reading his speech from the Dock at the end of his trail and the business about him being "hanged by a comma", I was only thankful that I live in a country run by Cheney and "W" where nothing like this could ever happen.

[philipchevron]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Casement

Very educational, thanks for posting this as I knew nothing of Roger Casement prior. After reading his speech from the Dock at the end of his trail and the business about him being "hanged by a comma", I was only thankful that I live in a country run by Cheney and "W" where nothing like this could ever happen.

It still reads as a remarkably eloquent legal argument, even today. Educated Irishmen were the British Empire's worst nightmare.


"The government of Ireland by England rests on restraint, and not on law; and since it demands no love, it can evoke no loyalty..."

[firehazard]

Review of the film, by Sean O'Hagan, here: http://music.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0 ... 88,00.html