COMPLETE PICTURE, THE

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• Release Year: 1992
• Genre: Music
• Plot: Tracks ; 1. This Charming Man ; 2. What Difference Does It Make? ; 3. Panic ; 4. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now ; 5. Ask ; 6. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side ; 7. How Soon Is Now? ; 8. Shoplifters Of The World Unite ; 9. Girlfriend In A Coma ; 10. Sheila Take A Bow ; 11. Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before ; 12. The Queen Is Dead A Film By Derek Jarman (includes The Queen Is Dead, There Is a Light That Never Goes Out, and Panic) ; ; It almost seems like a needless effort to write about The Smiths--one either loves them passionately or despises them. This polarization of opinion could be due to the effect that the dandy-esque front man Morrissey has on a person. Choosing to sing in a remarkably dramatic manner, writing ironically bathetic lyrics that swim with a biting, perhaps condescending wit, Morrissey is one of the most distinct leading men in rock history. But it was his unlikely match with the great guitarist-songwriter Johnny Marr that propelled The Smiths into the annals of pop history and made their songs highly influential classics. On THE COMPLETE PICTURE, The Smiths perform several of their hit singles at various locations, including the British program TOP OF THE POPS. The video serves as a great archive of The Smiths in their heyday, and also contains certain dramatic elements--one can see the latent disdain on Johnny Marr's face as he watches Morrissey posturing as a romantic poet, swaying around melodramatically with that signature bundle of flowers in his back pocket. In all, THE COMPLETE PICTURE serves as a remarkable musical and dramatic record of one of the most influential bands in British pop history; ; DVD Features ; Region 1 Encoding ; PCM Linear Stereo ; Snap Case ; ; ;
• Cast: Craig Gannon; Mike Joyce; Johnny Marr; Steven Patrick Morrissey; Andy Rourke; Derek Jarman; Ray Still
• Director: Derek Jarman
• Runtime: 0:50
• Company: Warner Reprise Video
• Media Format: Movie