Slade in Flame (Loncraine, 1975): BFI Southbank, NFT1, 6pm
The re-release of the rock showbiz drama will finally mean this terrific movie will get the attention it richly deserves. There are a number of screenings at BFI for this movie in May while this special event includes Noddy Holder, director Richard Loncraine and actor Tom Conti on stage for a Q&A.
BFI introduction:
Gritty rather than glam, this incendiary, cult rock-biz classic sizzles
its way back to the big screen for its 50th anniversary. Confounding and
delighting audiences in equal measure at the height of Slade’s Top Ten
pop majesty, Slade in Flame remains a singular rags-to-riches music
film. Charting the rise of fictional rock group Flame, with Slade
themselves playing the band, it offered a witty, sublimely cynical and
warts-and-all inside-view of the music industry circa 1970. And it
features a soundtrack stuffed with high-octane Slade boot-stompers.
Labelled ‘the Citizen Kane of British pop movies’ by Mark Kermode, it
features pitch-perfect performances by Slade, alongside an outstanding
early role for Conti, brilliant as an icy businessman hell-bent on
making them stars. Newly remastered by the BFI from original film
materials, Slade in Flame returns in a blaze of glory.
Vic Pratt
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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