Movies: Tony Wilson

  • 2006
    Manchester Passion

    Manchester Passion (2006)

    Manchester Passion

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    The Manchester Passion is a passion play about the last hours of Jesus, retold using a backdrop of the contemporary music of Manchester, England. The event took place on the streets of Manchester, and aired live on BBC Three on Good Friday, 14 April ...

    Manchester Passion
  • 1973
    Music Maker: Rory Gallagher

    Music Maker: Rory Gallagher (1973)

    Music Maker: Rory Gallagher

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    Director Bill Keating built a programme around following Rory through a day of his short 1972 Irish tour. At the center of the programme is a recording of the concert Rory played in the Savoy Cinema in Limerick on May 11th 1972....

    Music Maker: Rory Gallagher
  • 2018
    New Order: Decades

    New Order: Decades (2018)

    New Order: Decades

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    Part concert, part documentary, this film follows the band’s preparations in the re-staging of their acclaimed collaboration So It Goes.. with the artist Liam Gillick and the 12-piece synthesiser orchestra that spectacularly captured the headlines du...

    New Order: Decades
  • 1990
    Madchester: The Sound of the North

    Madchester: The Sound of the North (1990)

    Madchester: The Sound of the North

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    Exploring the 'Madchester' music phenomena of the late '80s and early '90s. The band Northside appears in interview, rehearsal, live in concert and even at work; Central Station Design in their studio creating something out of a pane of glass and loa...

    Madchester: The Sound of the North
  • 1979
    No City Fun

    No City Fun (1979)

    No City Fun

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    Amplification of article by Liz Naylor in the Manchester fanzine, 'City Fun', entitled 'No City Fun'. Music by Joy Division....

    No City Fun
  • 1986
    The Durutti Column: Domo Arigato

    The Durutti Column: Domo Arigato (1986)

    The Durutti Column: Domo Arigato

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    The acclaimed live concert film by Manchester ensemble The Durutti Column, recorded in Tokyo in April 1985. Domo Arigato followed on the heels of ambitious ‘modern classical’ album Without Mercy a year earlier, and saw composer / guitarist Vini Reill...

    The Durutti Column: Domo Arigato