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Post by underneaththesky on Sept 26, 2021 9:34:10 GMT -5
Amazing to watch this on the big screen loved it
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Post by themanwithnoname on Sept 26, 2021 10:29:12 GMT -5
Watched the film at the cinema yesterday, was bit disappointed tbh! Seemed like a c5 programme where people recall funny bits of a dire comedy series. Just didn’t hang well in my opinion and not really any footage I hadn’t seen. I get they were trying to do it from a fans perspective but just don’t think it worked too well. I think if they had focussed on the band backstage/build up/post gig footage, plus a bit from fans I think would of been better. Also needed more from Liam and other band members, whole thing just seemed odd I kind of agree. I could see why it was important to tell the story from the fans’ perspective but could have done with a bit more from the band and behind the scenes.
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Post by RUBIKON on Sept 26, 2021 12:13:30 GMT -5
Any rips of this floating around yet? Sometimes there’s a dvd screener doing the rounds
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Post by andymorris on Sept 26, 2021 12:15:35 GMT -5
Watched the film at the cinema yesterday, was bit disappointed tbh! Seemed like a c5 programme where people recall funny bits of a dire comedy series. Just didn’t hang well in my opinion and not really any footage I hadn’t seen. I get they were trying to do it from a fans perspective but just don’t think it worked too well. I think if they had focussed on the band backstage/build up/post gig footage, plus a bit from fans I think would of been better. Also needed more from Liam and other band members, whole thing just seemed odd I kind of agree. I could see why it was important to tell the story from the fans’ perspective but could have done with a bit more from the band and behind the scenes. Thanx for the review. So, little stuff about backstage and just fans telling stories then ? That's what i was fearing. I suppose they didn't have much to show and went for the fan route just to have material to sell. Oh well, at least, we'll finally see those gigs.
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Post by mimmihopps on Sept 26, 2021 12:43:53 GMT -5
Just got home from cinema and I really enjoyed it. It felt like I was there on 10th and 11th August 1996. Loved all those stories of fans who were there. Oasis fans like all of us on this forum made this film and I’m proud to being a part of it. If you only want to see the gigs, get DVD/BR, but Knebworth wouldn’t be complete without the stories of those who witnessed it. All of them deserved to be mentioned in the ending credit. I remember good old days when I had to be in a queue all night to get my tickets for gigs. It was brilliant to see no mobile phones there. Yes, I’m from a mono generation
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Post by girllikeabomb on Sept 26, 2021 14:49:58 GMT -5
Any rips of this floating around yet? Sometimes there’s a dvd screener doing the rounds Don't know about UK, but in the US, DVD screeners are barely used anymore. It's all electronic with multiple layers of security and much easier to trace (and impossible to be lent to friends.) Not saying someone wouldn't find a way around that, but from my POV, it's good that most people don't. Actually, there was also remarkably little publicity done at all for the film, though I guess these event cinema releases are more about word of mouth and tapping into the fan base. Seems the main England and some UK press had access to the film, but haven't seen much sign there was any outreach to US press. Noel did the premiere and a couple interviews (mixed into his own album publicity), Jake Scott did the premiere and a couple of interviews and Liam and Bonehead just posted the trailer and clips on their Instagrams. For publicity juggernauts, it was all very low-key. It will stream all over soon enough in any event.
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Post by oasiscam29 on Sept 26, 2021 22:05:47 GMT -5
I would love to see a little feature on the remix and the restoration process
Did Noel have the final word on the sound mix ? be really interesting to see how the gigs are on the blu ray
Did Dick re cut the shows from the master tapes or are they just using the mix which was done on the night ?
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Post by oasispodcast on Sept 27, 2021 1:33:43 GMT -5
Any rips of this floating around yet? Sometimes there’s a dvd screener doing the rounds Don't know about UK, but in the US, DVD screeners are barely used anymore. It's all electronic with multiple layers of security and much easier to trace (and impossible to be lent to friends.) Not saying someone wouldn't find a way around that, but from my POV, it's good that most people don't. Actually, there was also remarkably little publicity done at all for the film, though I guess these event cinema releases are more about word of mouth and tapping into the fan base. Seems the main England and some UK press had access to the film, but haven't seen much sign there was any outreach to US press. Noel did the premiere and a couple interviews (mixed into his own album publicity), Jake Scott did the premiere and a couple of interviews and Liam and Bonehead just posted the trailer and clips on their Instagrams. For publicity juggernauts, it was all very low-key. It will stream all over soon enough in any event. Just to give you a comparison - for As It Was the film company contacted me and various other Oasis related sites etc. We were given links to the film pre release and things like GIFs and images to post on social media, plus I got to interview co Director Charlie Lightening. For this one no one contacted me - I emailed the film company offering to help with promos and do interviews and no one got back to me. I think their big focus was social media ads - I don’t know about you but I’ve seen them non stop on YouTube etc
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Post by welshylad on Sept 27, 2021 2:30:10 GMT -5
My mate was adamant some of the crowd shots were staged. And made recently. (The close up shots)
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Post by girllikeabomb on Sept 27, 2021 3:15:20 GMT -5
Don't know about UK, but in the US, DVD screeners are barely used anymore. It's all electronic with multiple layers of security and much easier to trace (and impossible to be lent to friends.) Not saying someone wouldn't find a way around that, but from my POV, it's good that most people don't. Actually, there was also remarkably little publicity done at all for the film, though I guess these event cinema releases are more about word of mouth and tapping into the fan base. Seems the main England and some UK press had access to the film, but haven't seen much sign there was any outreach to US press. Noel did the premiere and a couple interviews (mixed into his own album publicity), Jake Scott did the premiere and a couple of interviews and Liam and Bonehead just posted the trailer and clips on their Instagrams. For publicity juggernauts, it was all very low-key. It will stream all over soon enough in any event. Just to give you a comparison - for As It Was the film company contacted me and various other Oasis related sites etc. We were given links to the film pre release and things like GIFs and images to post on social media, plus I got to interview co Director Charlie Lightening. For this one no one contacted me - I emailed the film company offering to help with promos and do interviews and no one got back to me. I think their big focus was social media ads - I don’t know about you but I’ve seen them non stop on YouTube etc Thanks, oasispodcast, very interesting to hear your first-hand story. Kind of a shame really in your case since you have a natural audience, but I guess they felt they could reach Oasis fans through ads and social media and it’s not worth the investment on this kind of movie to try to attract a broader audience. I know the economics of these “event” releases are a little different because it’s seen as closer to selling one-night concert tickets than trying to sustain a standard theatrical run of a few weeks. Still, I was a little surprised at essentially zero publicity in the US. If you aren’t already plugged into Oasis-oriented social media, and it's just a reality that lot of American fans are more casual than that, you might not have heard about the film at all. I know people who like Oasis when they hear them, aren’t necessarily mega-fans and wouldn’t know Knebworth from Shea Stadium, but might have gone to check it out if they’d heard it was good or read a review. But I guess some may discover it streaming. It’s such a weird media world right now – not sure anybody really understands it anymore!
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Post by girllikeabomb on Sept 27, 2021 3:17:27 GMT -5
My mate was adamant some of the crowd shots were staged. And made recently. (The close up shots) Haven't seen the film yet, but where and how exactly would crowd shots be staged in the middle of a pandemic?
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Post by Flashbax on Sept 27, 2021 3:17:40 GMT -5
Great movie. Always nice to see a concert in the cinema, let alone from your favourite band. Liked the build up to Knebworth, and loved the way they used Rock 'n' Roll Star. Nice to hear those fan stories, but would have liked some more behind the scenes footage. Was suprised they didn't mentioned Patsy's sweater at all.
I've listened to the Knebworth bootleg for at least 100 times, so I know all the banter between and during the songs, nice to finally see the footage.
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Post by mimmihopps on Sept 27, 2021 4:30:51 GMT -5
There were more people in the cinema yesterday than I expected. However many of them seem casual fans, couples with pop corn, a group of boys with beer who couldn't shut their mouth during the film.
Mind you, you don't watch Knebworth film with pop corn in your hand FFS.
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Post by NY on Sept 27, 2021 4:58:22 GMT -5
It was great. It was sometimes a little difficult to hear what some fans were saying but very well put together.
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Post by NY on Sept 27, 2021 4:59:15 GMT -5
There were more people in the cinema yesterday than I expected. However many of them seem casual fans, couples with pop corn, a group of boys with beer who couldn't shut their mouth during the film. Mind you, you don't watch Knebworth film with pop corn in your hand FFS. This is why we’ll never get another Knebworth, and that’s why (to me at least) there’s no point of a reunion. It would never be the same.
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Post by tezza198 on Sept 27, 2021 5:08:22 GMT -5
I’m gutted I haven’t been able to watch it yet, here in Sydney we’re STILL in fucking lockdown, as are Melbourne residents as well. So it won’t be shown in the cinema, I’m hoping it’ll be uploaded to paramount+ soon
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Post by welshylad on Sept 27, 2021 5:48:53 GMT -5
My mate was adamant some of the crowd shots were staged. And made recently. (The close up shots) Haven't seen the film yet, but where and how exactly would crowd shots be staged in the middle of a pandemic? As I said, he was saying the close up shots, where there are like 5 - 10 people. You could stage that no problem to be fair, even in the middle of a pandemic. I didn't agree with him by the way, but he was 100% sure they were recorded recently
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Post by welshylad on Sept 27, 2021 6:48:04 GMT -5
Just cancelled my boxset etc from the official store. I want to have mine on release day so going to the shop to get it instead.
Again I'm waiting 3 days (so far) over for a release from another band
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Post by andymorris on Sept 27, 2021 9:03:33 GMT -5
Haven't seen the film yet, but where and how exactly would crowd shots be staged in the middle of a pandemic? As I said, he was saying the close up shots, where there are like 5 - 10 people. You could stage that no problem to be fair, even in the middle of a pandemic. I didn't agree with him by the way, but he was 100% sure they were recorded recently Well that would be a shitty thing to do. Did you notice a different image quality ? I doubt they would do such a thing, there was probably enough footage available from Tv sources etc. But i'll look at credits now.
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Post by His Royal Noelness on Sept 27, 2021 9:46:43 GMT -5
There was some reenactment for sure but that was obvious. People buying tickets on the phone and getting to the gigs etc but none of the closeup crowd shots stood out to me as fake. Will be interesting to look out for that when I get the Blu.
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Post by welshylad on Sept 27, 2021 10:00:22 GMT -5
As I said, he was saying the close up shots, where there are like 5 - 10 people. You could stage that no problem to be fair, even in the middle of a pandemic. I didn't agree with him by the way, but he was 100% sure they were recorded recently Well that would be a shitty thing to do. Did you notice a different image quality ? I doubt they would do such a thing, there was probably enough footage available from Tv sources etc. But i'll look at credits now. I didn't notice anything to be honest
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Post by andymorris on Sept 27, 2021 13:36:35 GMT -5
There was some reenactment for sure but that was obvious. People buying tickets on the phone and getting to the gigs etc but none of the closeup crowd shots stood out to me as fake. Will be interesting to look out for that when I get the Blu. Maybe stock footage from that time ? Its not uncommon in documentaries but if they are mentionned as real fans then that sucks. Its like that guy pretending to be Liam Gallagher these days. Obviously fake.
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Post by girllikeabomb on Sept 27, 2021 15:05:39 GMT -5
Haven't seen the film yet, but where and how exactly would crowd shots be staged in the middle of a pandemic? As I said, he was saying the close up shots, where there are like 5 - 10 people. You could stage that no problem to be fair, even in the middle of a pandemic. I didn't agree with him by the way, but he was 100% sure they were recorded recently Would have to see the shots (and hope to soon). Sure, you could shoot anything, but under Covid protocols large, multi-person scenes get very expensive and unwieldy. If it's just 5 actors with a digital background, that's different, but you'd still want a compelling reason to do it. If it's storytelling shots that are re-enacting something that happened 25 years ago but could not have been filmed at the time, that makes perfect sense. In any event, doesn't sound like any big deal.
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Post by girllikeabomb on Sept 28, 2021 2:07:51 GMT -5
Movie becomes highest grossing UK doc of the year so far (although, to be fair, it's not by any means a normal release year). It was also the fourth highest-grossing feature of the week in UK-Ireland following "Shang-Chi and the The Legend of Ten Rings," "The Saints of Newark" and "Free Guy." Numbers here: www.screendaily.com/news/oasis-film-sets-2021-documentary-record-at-uk-ireland-box-office-shang-chi-top-for-fourth-time/5163650.articleAnd the NME take: ‘Oasis Knebworth 1996’ becomes the highest-grossing documentary of 2021September 27, 2021 Valentine Woolery The new 1996 film Oasis Knebworth broke the UK box office record for the highest-grossing documentary film of 2021. The documentary, which premiered in theaters last week, tells the story of the legendary band’s concerts through the eyes of the band and the fans who attended. Directed by Grammy Award-winning director Jake Scott, the film also includes never-before-seen archive footage of the concerts. Oasis Knebworth 1996 has been confirmed as Britain’s highest-grossing documentary so far this year, grossing £634,728 since its premiere, as well as the highest-grossing UK theatrical release in 2021. “We are pleased to see that fans around the world have enjoyed the incredible cinematic experience of Oasis Knebworth 1996 and we look forward to providing audiences with more opportunities to restore the energy and excitement surrounding these popular concerts soon,” he said. Tom McKay, Head of Premium Content for Sony Music Entertainment. Oasis Knebworth 1996 includes an account of Noel Gallagher and Bonehead, although Liam is less involved – Scott recently opened up with NME about why. “I honestly think that was Liam’s personal preference,” he explained. “As I get it, he felt like the movie spoke for itself. Noel and Bunnihead offered so much, Liam couldn’t have done so much more. He’s a different person than Noel.” “He’s an actor and you find that with a lot of actors, they don’t want to be a distraction from anything else. They want to be in the present. I wonder if it’s just a little bit more of that, a little bit of artistic integrity.” I don’t want to remember and go back. I’m doing my tour now and I want to focus on that. In an NME review of the five-star film, we wrote: “Aside from family arguments, there’s nothing else to blame for Oasis Knebworth 1996. For those who’ve been out there, the film offers a portal back into the golden age.” “For others, it’s the memory of the privileged teenage years, when a plastic cup full of hot beer and a sunny afternoon in a park turns into the greatest adventure of your life. And yes, Noel, there were no cell phones.”
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Post by andymorris on Sept 28, 2021 2:33:32 GMT -5
As I said, he was saying the close up shots, where there are like 5 - 10 people. You could stage that no problem to be fair, even in the middle of a pandemic. I didn't agree with him by the way, but he was 100% sure they were recorded recently Would have to see the shots (and hope to soon). Sure, you could shoot anything, but under Covid protocols large, multi-person scenes get very expensive and unwieldy. If it's just 5 actors with a digital background, that's different, but you'd still want a compelling reason to do it. If it's storytelling shots that are re-enacting something that happened 25 years ago but could not have been filmed at the time, that makes perfect sense. In any event, doesn't sound like any big deal. It does matter, it's not a movie, it's a documentary. It's like saying you can insert footage from Finsbury on the unplugged. Or nowadays Macca re-enacting a scene from Let It Be. i mean, wtf. Truth matter, if only little. If you don't have the material, don't do it; or find another way to tell the story. That's the problem with documentaries nowadays, they care little about the truth or facts. Sad that it comes to Oasis too. I've not seen the thing, so it can't really give an opinion. but if they gave it the Liam Gallagher documentary whatever the name was treatment, lying all along to tell "their" story, then that is sad. A documentary is like a work of an historian, or a journalist. Not a fan fiction.
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