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Title: Excellent, but one quibble...
Review: This is a terrific documentary about the life and times of the late Joe Strummer, a fascinating artist who left us much too soon. The quality of the archival material is excellent (who knew there were home movies of a very young Joe?)and the interviews are top-notch. This is highly recommended for Clash fans and fans of Strummer's post-Clash work with the Mescaleros. My only quibble is that none of the interview subjects are identified as they talk about Joe. We can pick out Bono and Johnny Depp, yes, and longtime fans can spot Palmolive and Pearl Harbour, but there are family members and friends who talk about Joe, but without giving us context of who they are. It gets to be annoying later in the film when musicians who played with Joe post-Clash talk about his later years. The candor of those being interviewed and the footage make up for that, though.
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