The Wonderful, Frightening World of Mark E. Smith

By liz

Earlier this year BBC 4 released (what I've heard is a fantastic) documentary called The Fall: The Wonderful, Frightening World of Mark E. Smith. Unfortunately it couldn't be seen in the US, until now. Fall fans in Philadelphia will be treated to a rare glimpse of this rockumentary at The International House on December 16 and 17th. Fake Jazz called this documentary a "must-see":

"This documentary on BBC4 was a notch above the usual rockumentary. If you've forgotten that you love the Fall, this is a must-see. Mark E. Smith is pretty much unintelligble in his 2004 interviews (they really shoulda subtitled) but the glimpses into the most recent Peel Session reveal that he's still 'got it', even he's just moaning through a cover of the Move's "I Can Hear the Grass Grow." This was probably filmed just before John Peel passed, so maybe it just seems appropriate to see the Fall in there since they did 20+ Peel Sessions."