Rave Ups: The Clash - Westway To The World
- on Friday, March 27 2009 and posted in Blog
The Clash - Westway To The World
This documentary was released in 2000 before Joe Strummers death on December 22nd 2002. The movie is a pretty dry re-telling of the bands history straight from interviews specially filmed for this documentary from each of the bands members.
Included in the movie is a treasure trove of live footage of the band from before the first record all the way up to their last performance. You will get a smattering of short clips of interviews from other characters from the bands past, but the interview footage is mostly from the main group members. I definitely think that the documentary would have benefited from the inclusion of interviews from a wider variety of people, but I guess it is what it is. Even though the documentary comes off a little plain, I would say its a must see for big Clash fans. If you one of those… check it out by renting it, buying it, or just watch it on Youtube.
Directed by Don Letts, the British bedreaded DJ from The Clash’s early days playing at the early London punk club The Roxy. Bonus features include hard to find minidoc/concert film about there shows in Madison Square Garden in 1981 Clash On Broadway.
Other Clash related film projects that are worth mentioning:
The Punk Rock Movie - 1978
Rude Boy - 1980
Joe Strummer - The Future Is Unwritten - 2006 (I’ll post on this one soon)
Posted originally: 2009-03-11 21:15:01