No Manifesto: A Film About Manic Street Preachers (2015)

No Manifesto: A Film About Manic Street Preachers: Directed by Elizabeth Marcus. With James Dean Bradfield, Richey Edwards, Grant Foxon, Manic Street Preachers. In 1991, the Manic Street Preachers planned to sell 16 million copies of their debut and split up. Many years, many hits and one big mystery later, this colourful band and its fans appear in a unique documentary that tells their full story.

“A thoroughly entertaining, low-budget, doc on the Manics. Nice to see on clearer footage of archive interviews in the first act. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eInterview with fans and some overly candid footage of the trio eating wimpy burgers and wiping off sweat backstage, was more of a curiosity than a revelation. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMy main gripe was how Richey was mentioned almost in passing during the film; and any insight into how band dynamics had changed over time – from Richeyu0026#39;s position of (essentially being) band leader from Generation Terrorists to post-Holy Bible transition – was skipped over. This issue of a possible communication break-down and creative fall out was only hinted at briefly by Sean and left unexplored by the filmmakers. At the request of the band, I suppose.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHopefully Withdrawn Traces will give fans a better insight into Richeyu0026#39;s departure; when itu0026#39;s released next year.”