ELVIS COSTELLO: MYSTERY DANCE

ELVIS COSTELLO, ONE OF THE UK’S MOST INTELLIGENT SONGWRITERS, TELLS THE STORY OF HIS MUSICAL INFLUENCES AND DARING COLLABORATIONS

A musically-rich and intimate portrait of Elvis Costello, one of Britain’s most original and consistent songwriters, featuring a treasure-trove of archive, lengthy interviews with the man himself and illuminating contributions from Nick Lowe, Mark Ellen, Paul McCartney, Allen Toussaint, Emmylou Harris, Steve Nieve, T-Bone Burnett, the Brodskys, and others. The film features as well unreleased demos Elvis made with McCartney. Costello reveals himself to be a man of wide-ranging musical tastes as well as an endearingly generous and modest person.

 
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CREDITS

Written, directed and produced by Mark Kidel

Camera by Mark Kidel and Olivier Guéneau

Edited by Andrew Findlay

Calliope Media, Les Films d’ici, ARTE France, BBC

2013

Running Time: 90 mins

 

“MARK KIDEL’S FILM WAS A DEFTLY CONSTRUCTED TRIP THROUGH A RESTLESS, SHAPE-SHIFTING CAREER”

-Daily Telegraph