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When Julien Temple decided to make a movie that explored the cultural impact of the “teenager” when the concept arrived in the U.K. at the end of the ‘50s, he could have been accused of behaving like a wayward teen himself. What started out as an arrogant and defiant bid to make the greatest musical of all time wound up as an underdeveloped and overhyped flop – though that doesn’t mean it’s not worth seeing. With David Bowie’s role as advertising exec Vendice Partners and Kinks frontman Ray Davies’ appearance as a put-upon father - as well as the songs both artists brought...

When Julien Temple decided to make a movie that explored the cultural impact of the “teenager” when the concept arrived in the U.K. at the end of the ‘50s, he could have been accused of behaving like a wayward teen himself. What started out as an arrogant and defiant bid to make the greatest musical of all time wound up as an underdeveloped and overhyped flop – though that doesn’t mean it’s not worth seeing. With David Bowie’s role as advertising exec Vendice Partners and Kinks frontman Ray Davies’ appearance as a put-upon father - as well as the songs both artists brought...

10 Slang Words and Phrases Explained 1. Idiot Idiot originally comes from the Greek word Idiotes which was used to refer to a person who was a private individual – or more specifically, one who was so preoccupied with their own personal life that they would not take part in the democratic process. In the biblical sense, the word referred to an uneducated person. By the fourteenth century, it could also refer to a clown, a layman (non-religious), or an individual. Later, however, the Oxford English Dictionary gave it the following definition which has stuck: “A person so deficient in ment...

Karel Reisz & Tony Richardson, 1955 One of the foundation stones of British Free Cinema, this 22-minute short shows trad antics at Wood Green Jazz Club, with the Chris Barber Band featuring Lonnie Donegan. Years later, Absolute Beginners (Julien Temple, 1985) would be derided for its high-gloss reimagining of the London jazz scene in its heyday, but with input from Gil Evans and a dazzling fantasia on Charles Mingus’s Boogie Stop Shuffle, it’s not to be dismissed. The Connection Shirley Clarke, 1961 Jazz was as vital to the new American independent cinema of the 1950s and 60s as it wa...

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