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Strange Powers - Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields Details

2010

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Starring	Stephin Merritt, Peter Gabriel, Ethan Cohn, Laura Ballance
Director	Kerthy Fix, Gail O'Hara
Genres	Documentary

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Strange Powers - Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields

Songwriter Stephin Merritt is known as "the Cole Porter of his generation" for his memorable melodies, lovelorn lyrics and wry musical stylings. Shot over a period of 10 years, "Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields" explores his friendship with his longtime bandmate and manager Claudia Gonson. Through his recording and songwriting process, the film traces a 20-year career that has yielded one of the most engaging bodies of work in the contemporary American songbook.

Starring	Stephin Merritt, Peter Gabriel, Ethan Cohn, Laura Ballance, Emma Straub
Director	Kerthy Fix, Gail O'Hara
Studio	Fix Films
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 29 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 24 mins
Certificate	DVD LOVEFiLM Instant
Genres	Documentary
Language	DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English
Released	Production year: 2010 On LOVEFiLM Instant: LOVEFiLM Instant: 08 Feb 2011 To Rent: DVD: not available
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- This intimate documentary charts Stephin Merritt's prolific career as a bedroom bard with idiosyncratic cult band The... read more on Time Out
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  Good fly on the wall documentary of an indie music icon. An interesting insight into the man and he women that fuel his creativity.
  
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