British Independent Film Award |
| Best Documentary |
What a treasure trove of wonderful eccentricity. It's not so much a documentary as an archive of bizarre genius ...
Frank and the man behind the mask make for a very interesting documentary!Recommended by HMV staff, this was a fun watch.
I was one of the 'backers' (bit of a mogul you see) of this 7 years or so ago and have been eagerly awaiting the final flick ever since. There have been regular email updates from the director Steve in that time and the passion and effort that has gone in to it is staggering.
People who aren't from Manchester & surrounding areas my not realise how big Frank Sidebottom was (especially during the late 80s). His version of: We Will Rock You (where little Frank takes it away) is a musical masterpiece, that, put the original to shame - a bit like putting a lovely bit of artex on the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
I literally had to force myself to watch this film through to the end. The subject of the documentary, Chris Sievey, appears to me to be a modestly talented but wholly undisciplined artist, whose clearest identifying feature is that he is a total attention junkie.
Saw this at the Glasgow Film Festival. Im a 90s music and comedy fan from the north west of england and was a Frank Sidebottom fan.
Wonderful outsider documentary based on the life of Chris Sievey, the mastermind behind Frank Sidebottom.The clips of Frank had me in tears of laughter but it's not all laughter and light.
I first heard about Frank Sidebottom when I read a preview of the Michael Fassbender film "Frank" on the Guardian UK site and thought, this phenomenon of a guy who became a novelty pop star while wearing a John Held Jr. mask that he refused to take off even when doing radio interviews sounds fascinating, but why would I want to watch a fiction film about a fictional guy who works for a fictional version of Frank?
Late 80s. My mates Baz and Bert kept going on about "I've got a papier-mâché head".
