S02E15: Radio On (1979)

Matthew and Shane buckle up for a classic British road movie that foregoes the tropes of the genre and instead offers a mesmerising cinematic scrapbook of late 70's music, images and philosophy.

Notes:

Locations then and now: https://www.reelstreets.com/films/radio-on/

Film Comment review: https://www.filmcomment.com/article/vision-radio-on/

2013 Interview with Chris Petit: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/man-on-the-outside-27967.html

Further reading:

https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/interviews/chris-petit-radio-on-interview

 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/oct/02/featuresreviews.guardianreview13

 

https://www.closeupfilmcentre.com/vertigo_magazine/volume-4-issue-1-autumn-winter-2008/germany-and-england-england-and-germany-proposal-for-a-film/

 

https://psychogeographicreview.com/film-of-the-month-march-2012-radio-on/

 

https://www.radicalphilosophy.com/article/spirit-of-the-bauhaus-in-electronic-sounds