THE BIG MELT - DVD

Product Description

THE BIG MELT
A film by Martin Wallace and Jarvis Cocker
With music by Jarvis Cocker

A special commission as part of the 100 years of Stainless Steel celebrations, The Big Melt is a feature length elegy to the men and women who toiled in Sheffield's steelworks and a hymn to Britain's proud industrial past. Working with Sheffield's own musical hero Jarvis Cocker, acclaimed director Martin Wallace has woven an exquisite tapestry of steel industry-related archival footage drawn from the BFI National Archive. Jarvis also provides the film s stirring musical accompaniment, collaborating with a raft of Sheffield's finest musicians, including a string quartet, a brass band, members of Pulp, Richard Hawley, the Forgemasters and a youth choir.

Performed live at Sheffield's celebrated Crucible Theatre at Doc/Fest 2013. The DVD includes the full archive-based film, plus a recording of the live event.

Special features

• The Big Melt Performed Live at The Crucible (2013, 73 mins)
• An Interview with Jarvis Cocker and Martin Wallace (2013, 10 mins)
• The Big Melt in Rehearsal (2013, 3 mins)
• Original trailer
• Fully illustrated booklet with extensive credits and newly commissioned writing by Jarvis Cocker, Martin Wallace and BFI Curator Jan Faull

UK | 2013 | colour, and black & white | silent with music score | 71 minutes + extras | DVD9 | Original aspect ratio 1.33:1 | Region 0 PAL DVD

Review

'A remarkable marriage of music, film and British history.' ***** --The Independent