Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

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Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

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Bono, Don Letts, Jim Jarmusch, Joe Strummer, John Cusack

As the front man of the Clash from 1977 onwards, Joe Strummer changed peoples lives forever. Four years after his death, his influence reaches out around the world, more strongly now than ever before....( read more  read more... ) In "The Future Is Unwritten," from British film director Julien Temple, Joe Strummer is revealed not just as a legend or musician, but as a true communicator of our times. Drawing on both a shared punk history and the close personal friendship which developed over the last years of Joes life, Julien Temples film is a celebration of Joe Strummer before, during and after the Clash.

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  • danperry17
    September 11, 2009
    danperry17
    Unflinching documentary of one of the most important figures in the history of popular music. I found it a little hard to watch for a borderline obsessive Clash fan like myself, as the focus was not just on the magic in a bottle that the band found, but rather on Joe, front to ba...( read more)ck... meaning that there was a lot more to learn about his departure from the 101ers, his attempt to keep the Clash going with Mick and Topper gone, and his time in the wilderness before finally starting to make music again with the Mescaleros.

    And, despite the tinge of iconoclasm, Joe still comes out looking great. The mythology is debunked, and the man is raised up, with the result being an exciting portrait whose true beauty is in its style: Julien Temple is a great documentarian, and he lets this story out in just the right way. A winner.
  • harrycaul
    December 16, 2008
    harrycaul
    The only fault I can find with The Future Is Unwritten is that some of Julien Temple's celebrity interviewees are not particularly insightful, seemingly having been selected purely with a view to marketing his film. However, Temple does an impeccable job of finding a cinem...( read more)atic style to match the urgency of Strummer's music, weaving a dazzling collage -- of stock footage, home movies, film and television excerpts, animations and live performances -- around some excellent interview material. I think those people who bleat about the lack of identifying titles for the talking heads are missing the essential point: to single those people out would be to elevate them above the common (wo)man, which would be the very antithesis of everything Joe Strummer stood for. Temple's decision is absolutely right; in this film, the rich and famous, spurned bandmates, ex-girlfriends and family are communally anonymous! (Many thanks to s.d. for ushering me to my seat!)
  • rubystevens
    December 18, 2007
    rubystevens
    he tried to change the world and not become a commodity. a great time for fans of the only band that mattered. i just don't understand why there's a pirate in it
  • wbgoose13
    December 26, 2007
    wbgoose13
    A consummate portrait of the Clash and Strummer in particular.
  • Dracula787
    January 27, 2009
    Dracula787
    This documentary about The Clash?s lead singer debuted at Sundance a couple years ago and then kind of disappeared. I?ve long been a fan of The Clash, in fact I still have a Clash poster up in my bedroom. The problem is that Joe Strummer didn?t really have a wildly interesting ...( read more)life after he left the band, I probably would have preferred a doc that focused on The Clash. That said, this is pretty well made. They assemble all the interview subjects around a campfire, and that give the whole thing a pretty unique and homey feel.
  • Zhuliya
    September 6, 2009
    Zhuliya
    Beautiful documentary on a legend of British rock. I've appreciated Strummer much more after watching this, and I have to say it feels very passionate and well-made to be "just another music documentary".
    Bravo!
  • lesleyanorton
    July 21, 2009
    lesleyanorton
    I'd have to watch it again to remember why I didn't like it.
  • chrishrandolph
    June 5, 2009
    chrishrandolph
    One the best documenteries I have ever seen.
  • JcobCrim
    April 21, 2009
    JcobCrim
    The best documentary I have seen about a musician, it really followed him closely and went through his best days and his darkest days. I learned a lot from it and have a new deep respect for him not only as a musician but as a great person in general.
  • thisyearsshit
    March 5, 2009
    thisyearsshit
    I absolutely love The Clash, and i equally enjoyed this fantastic documentary of the life and adventures of "Punk Rock Warlord"/singer/songwriter Joe Strummer. A documentary which is one to go down in the history books of Rock'n Roll.

    Brilliantly narrated by the wild howlin' a...( read more)xeman himself. With lots of humour, unseen archive material and excerpts from the people who knew him best. Julien Temple's wonderful compilation of this film is all down to a T. A seldom appreciated film-making masterpiece.

    "The Future Is Unwritten" So i say, why bother writing it? Rest In Piece, Joe Strummer. You are a punk icon, and shall not be forgotten.
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