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XTC: This Is Pop

2017 · 75 min

A warm, playful ramble through a cult band's story, mixing chatty interviews with quirky animation and a fan's affectionate glow.

Overview: A journey into the world of one of Britain's best-loved and most influential bands of modern times, XTC. Through a mixture of animation, archive and specially-shot sequences, the film explores the minds of principle songwriters, Partridge and Moulding.
How it feels: Warm, whimsical, melancholic and earnest. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Music, art, identity, friendship
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: music
art
identity
friendship
ambition
Places: small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none