RADIO ON DVD - DVD

RADIO ON
A film by Christopher Petit

Available on DVD for the first time in the UK, Chris Petit's Radio On is one of the most striking feature debuts in British cinema - a haunting blend of edgy mystery story and existential road movie, crammed with eerie evocations of English landscape and weather.

Following a young London DJ (David Beames) on the road to Bristol to investigate the mysterious death of his brother, Radio On offers a unique, compelling and even mythic vision of a late 1970s England, stalled between failed hopes of cultural and social change and the imminent upheavals of Thatcherism.

Stunningly photographed in luminous monochrome by Martin Schäfer, and driven by a startling new wave soundtrack - and early screen performance by Sting - Radio On is ripe for rediscovery.

DVD Extras

• Filmed interview with Chris Petit and producer Keith Griffiths
• radio on (remix), (Petit, 1998, 24 mins): a stunning digital video essay with radical disruption of the original soundtrack by Wire s Bruce Gilbert
• 28-page booklet with essays by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith, John Patterson, Ian Penman, Chris Petit, Sukhdev Sandhu. Jason Wood, and Rudy Wurlitzer

Featuring music from, David Bowie, Kraftwerk, Ian Dury, Robert Fripp, Wreckless Eric and Devo.

UK, Germany | 1979 | black and white | 100 minutes | English language | Original aspect ratio 1.85:1 (16x9) anamorphic | Region 2 DVD