photograph by Jeff Spicer – Raymi
Hero Productions 2017 – courtesy La Biennale di venezia
My
Generation
David Batty
Narrator - Michael Caine
As themselves: David Bailey,
Joan Collins, Roger Daltrey, Donovan, Dudley Edwards, Marianne Faithfull,
Barbara Hulanicki, Lulu, Paul McCartney, Terry O’Neill, David Puttnam, Mary
Quant, Mim Scala, Sandie Shaw, Penelope Tree, Twiggy.
British film icon Michael Caine narrates and stars in My Generation,
the vivid and inspiring story of his personal journey through 1960s London. Based on personal
accounts and stunning archive footage, this feature-length documentary film
sees Caine travel back in time to talk to The
Beatles, Twiggy, David Bailey, Mary Quant, The Rolling Stones, David Hockney
and other star names. The film has been painstakingly assembled over the last
six years to tell the story of the birth of pop culture in London, through the eyes of the young Michael Caine:
“For the first time in history the young working class stood up for ourselves
and said: We’re here, this is our society and we’re not going away!” My Generation uses carefully intercut audio of Caine’s conversations with his
co-stars blended with unseen archive material to take the movie viewer back to
the heart of the 1960s. In one poignant sequence we accompany Caine as he
drives through Piccadilly Circus
today overlaid with
original 60s film to create a remarkable time
travel effect.
David Batty, Michael and Shakira
Caine
“We are
here, this is our society and we are not going away” defines the life of my
working class hero, Michael Caine. It’s why I owe such a debt to him and the
‘60s. We all do. It’s not just the songs, the films, the design, the
photography, it’s also the freedom to challenge elitist hypocrisy, the
opportunity to create your own moral code, the inspiration to be whoever you
want whatever your background. Thanks to him and his likes, both my parents
broke their working class shackles and gave me a better life. So this film is
about that ‘60s revolution in London that still reverberates today. By the
generation that changed the world forever. How Michael and his friends led the
charge against the dead hand of Britain’s class-ridden establishment and in so
doing created a new pop culture, defined the essence of cool and threw the
greatest party the world has ever seen. He was there. We all are.”
David Batty
Director
Contessnally – Loved - My generation is My Generation London
of the 1960s – 8/10
#Venezia 74 – Palazzo del Cinema
1pm
– Jennifer Lawrence fans waiting for
the 7.30pm screening of
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