Born in London in the early s, in grimy pubs and bare flats, the scene offered a thrilling new soundtrack for young British life. Their guitar-heavy anthems drew from the rock of s England along with the pulse of waning Madchester and alt-rock trends, exporting this exuberant sound to every corner of the globe. But more than geography and quick wit twines the Britpop scene together. Voters in this list come from the U. Danny Boyle: Everything. Music was an autonomic function for me.
Initially, certainly with the first couple of my films, people regarded my use of music as non-classical filmmaking—even though people like Scorsese were doing it.
There was outrage that I was cutting everything like MTV, like a kind of pop video. But actually, I loved pop videos. Adored them. Thought they were a breath of fresh air and a great cultural moment.
And these characters, especially when you read the book, they are pop culture. Right, all that. The heartbeat of the film was this Underworld album, dubnobasswithmyheadman I remember Jarvis Cocker and Damon Albarn coming in to watch a rough cut of the film.
It was, and I lived in Mile End. It was unbelievable; it was like synchronicity. I mean, I still live there. The area's been gentrified a bit now, like so many places, but at the time it was pretty rough. I was so proud of that. And it kind of seals their fate, really, for their life. But it was weird—everything we did seemed to work then. Nothing is floated in subliminally. Not so much now. He had read the book. I mean, I was amazed. No, I never did that. Star Trek! My argument in presenting the Olympics was: Listen, you want to talk about what we are good at?
