🔸⭐𝘼 𝙋𝙇𝘼𝘾𝙀𝘽𝙊 𝙎𝙐𝙈𝙈𝙀𝙍 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟵⭐🔸

𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠, today I propose you spend a relaxed and fun evening watching 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐's documentary "𝑨 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟗", which was filmed by 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍 during the first leg of the "𝑩𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒏 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒓".

Photo credits: Screenshots from the documentary // Edit made by Rita

 📢  "26 𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘴, 27 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 3 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴, 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 1 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮.

𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝑃𝐿𝐴𝐶𝐸𝐵𝑂 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳.

𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑎𝑛 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘴 (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘸) 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢, 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝑃𝐿𝐴𝐶𝐸𝐵𝑂, 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘴.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝑃𝐿𝐴𝐶𝐸𝐵𝑂, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘥 & 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑎𝑛'𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝑃𝐿𝐴𝐶𝐸𝐵𝑂 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥."
𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚊𝚗'𝚜 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚋𝚘 𝚂𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛 𝟸𝟶𝟶𝟿 - 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙵𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚎, 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚋𝚘𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍, 𝟶𝟼.𝟷𝟷.𝟸𝟶𝟶𝟿

Photo credit: Sebastian Jiménez

🔸This documentary consists of 16 chapters, which were released and uploaded on the band's official website between July and November 2009. However, after the final chapter of this video series, 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 released two more chapters: "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝑬𝒑𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆", which showed behind the scenes footage of their visit to 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒐, and "𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝑴𝑻𝑽𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚" which captured the moments before and after the band won the well-deserved 𝑴𝑻𝑽 𝑬𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 for '𝑩𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑨𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑨𝒄𝒕' . Upon receiving the award, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐 stated
'... 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒔... ', and as a thank you, 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 decided to share this video. 

𝘐𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝑃𝐿𝐴𝐶𝐸𝐵𝑂’𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳, 𝑃𝐿𝐴𝐶𝐸𝐵𝑂 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘨𝘴, 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴-𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 2 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘤𝘰.

𝘈𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘦, 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝑃𝐿𝐴𝐶𝐸𝐵𝑂 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑎𝑛 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩:

‘𝑷𝑳𝑨𝑪𝑬𝑩𝑶 𝑺𝑼𝑴𝑴𝑬𝑹 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟗 – 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝑬𝒑𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆’
𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘸!

𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍.

Photo credit: Joseph Llanes

🔸"𝑯𝒆𝒚, 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔! 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈, 𝒉𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒚... 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒗𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝑻𝑽 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒖𝒔 𝒂 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓. 𝑮𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒖𝒎!!!

𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒎𝒏 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆!! 𝑾𝒆'𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔𝑻𝑽 𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒎 𝑭𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝑿𝑷𝑨𝑻𝑹𝑰𝑨𝑻𝑬 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕. 𝑾𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒍𝒆𝒈 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚. 𝑭𝒂𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒓, 𝒋𝒂!!?

𝑰 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒔. 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆, 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒖𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆..!! 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒇𝒖𝒏 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆!!! 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆. 𝑰'𝒎 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒍𝒚. 𝑩𝒚𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒘!"
𝒙 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏.
𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚋𝚘 𝚂𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛 𝟸𝟶𝟶𝟿, 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚋𝚘𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍, 𝟶𝟿.𝟷𝟷.𝟸𝟶𝟶𝟿

𝐀 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟗 
https://bit.ly/3QdXQKl

Enjoy watching and please share with us your favorite moments from this documentary. 

Post by Rita 


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⭐𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 "𝐀 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐓𝐎𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐖"⭐

Dear soulmates, today I invite you again for another documentary from 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭-𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐬.

🔸𝟏𝟐 𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐒
🔸 𝟓 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒
🔸 𝟓 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐒

⭐𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 "𝐀 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐓𝐎𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐖"⭐
"𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝐼'𝑚 𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒... 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡, 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑗𝑒𝑡-𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑑, 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑..." 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑜

Photo credits: screenshots from video, edit by Marti

This great film very sensitively captures the atmosphere of Placebo's Asian tour in August 2009.
Its beginning is very sad, Brian collapses on stage in Osaka after playing the first song. And then the director gives us an insight into the story that took place before this collapse.
During beautiful shots of Asian cities, we hear Brian's charming voice telling us how he felt when they arrived in Asia after five months of touring Europe.
The plan was 5 concerts in 5 countries in just 12 days.
Few of us can imagine it ...


🔸 The very next day after arriving in Tokyo, the guys got up at five in the morning so they could be on the Tokyo radio show at seven. They were very surprised by the amount of fans who came out to meet their favourite band in person.

🔸 Then followed the trip to Taiwan. Fans at the airport took the band's breath away.
At least a hundred people welcomed the Placebo band at the airport.
...How is it possible that they know us here?...
Although the gig and the audience were absolutely perfect, Brian admitted that he was getting very tired.
His days were marked by departures and arrivals and it is terrible for a person who has an essential fear of flying.
"𝐼𝑓 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 15 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠... 15 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑... 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎..."

🔸 Next stops were in HongKong and Seoul, an increasingly exhausting cycle - airport - hotel - soundcheck - concert.

Photo credit: screenshot from video

In Seoul, Steve fell ill.
„𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑢, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑔𝑜 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑚. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑤 ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑒𝑡.“
Funny Brian...😊

🔸 The band is flying back to Japan. The next show is the Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo and Osaka to finish the Asian tour. In Brian's words „...𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑑, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑓𝑢𝑙..."
The film ends with shots just before Brian's collapse.

🔸 I found a statement from Brian and the band about this sad event that caused Placebo to cancel their North American tour:
💬🔸 "When you watch the footage it's kind of scary. I was in and out of consiousness for a good few hours after the actual collapse," he reveals. "Two days before the show in question, I had a gastric virus that just emptied me and that, combined with travelling and tour fatigue, made my body give up. It was definitely exhaustion.
(𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑜, 𝐾𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝐷𝑒𝑐. 2009)

Photo credit: screenshot from video

💬 🔸𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨: 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐓𝐨 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐬: 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥🔸
We would firstly like to thank you for all your kind words and messages of support regarding Brian’s health after fainting at the show in Osaka, Japan, yesterday.

It is always incredibly disappointing when a show cannot take place for any reason, particularly on this occasion due to Brian being unwell, as we have looked forward for such a long time to these shows in Japan!

We have undertaken a gruelling and intensive schedule over the last few months and the last couple of weeks alone played 5 countries in 9 days. Brian picked up a virus which coupled with jet lag and exhaustion caused his collapse on stage. Thanks to prompt and professional care Brian is recovering well.

We would like to extend our grateful thanks and sincere apologies to the fans who made a huge effort travelling to see us in Osaka, especially after long queue’s in the heavy rain. We would also like to extend many thanks and apologies to the promoters, Creative Man, at Summer Sonic for all their help and understanding under difficult circumstances.

We are all the more devastated after such an amazing show in Tokyo on Saturday where the crowd was incredible. We were so excited to be back in Japan after a few years away and we were reminded what a very special place Japan is to us.

Thank you all for your ongoing support and we hope to make it up to you with new dates in Japan very soon. We love your country and can’t wait to come back.

Love
Brian, Stefan, Steve - Placebo x

Photo credit: screenshot from video

And now, dear friends, it's time to watch the movie.
🔸🎬 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲:
https://vimeo.com/20632600


𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞:
🔸 Placebo A New Tomorrow - Part 1.
https://bit.ly/3udQjmW
🔸 Part 2.
https://bit.ly/3udd1eY
🔸 Part 3.
https://bit.ly/3KhMItB

☮ Dear friends, I'm sharing this film with you ahead of our favorite band's upcoming tour.
It's clear that I am appealing to percieve everything through our hearts and not just through our egos.
As fans, we must always keep in mind that there are human beings on stage in front of us, not robots. ☮

Post by Marti

🔸⭐𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 “𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐔𝐏 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐈𝐑“⭐🔸

🔸...𝟏𝟒𝟑 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬...
🔸… 𝟒𝟒 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬...
🔸...𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟐,𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞...
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 „𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐧 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫“ (𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟗-𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟎)

Dear soulmates, today I invite you to watch a document that does not appear here very often.

🔸⭐𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 „𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐔𝐏 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐈𝐑“⭐🔸

Photo credit: screenshots from documentary,  edit by Marti

The hour-long film 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐩 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐢𝐫 is part of the DVD Deluxe Edition "We Come In Pieces", which was released in October 2011.
"We Come In Pieces" is a recording of Placebo concert from Brixton Academy in London 2010 at the end of their world tour in support of the album "Battle For The Sun" released previous year.
In this edition, you can also find a short film "Trigger Happy Hands".


⭐𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚 "𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑼𝒑 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑨𝒊𝒓" 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒆 𝑻𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕-𝑨𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒔.⭐
He’s an English film director known by his work in music, fashion, beauty industry and commercials. Charlie's creative work for Placebo is very long. In addition to the aforementioned documentary, he has made several song videos, such as Exit Wounds, A Million Little Pieces, Placebo videos from events for Mercedes Benz and, above all, a film that is still carefully hidden from fans - Placebo: Alt Russia.


⭐𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅?⭐

"I've been working with Placebo since 2008. I was brought in by Alex Weston their manager to make something of the band's personal footage when they recorded Battle for the Sun. I edited a film together that they liked and it went from there. It was a time when YouTube and video in general was becoming more and more important and Alex wanted someone to make several different types of films for the new album campaign. I started then making everything from interviews for their EPK to behind the scenes videos of their rehearsals and a small multicam shoot of their showcase of that album. I then edited all of that footage into a short 10 minute documentary aiming to be shown on Channel 4 in the UK when they had a late night music show called 4Music. After that was picked up by Channel 4 and was aired I went to Alex and pitched a feature documentary that became Coming Up for Air that was premiered at Sundance London in 2012. Since then I have made various films in different guises for the band.

Photo credit: Thomas M. Jackson

…/.../ Working with a band like Placebo sends me to places all over the world where I briefly encounter different people and cultures that I feel builds my life experience, something I feel is key for a director. Placebo are always trying to look for new and interesting ways to do things that opens my eyes and always keeps me rethinking what I am doing in my own work.”
(𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚎 𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚝-𝙰𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚜, 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚋𝚘 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝟸0𝟷𝟼)
🔸⭐🔸


𝑳𝒆𝒕'𝒔 𝒈𝒐 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 "𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑼𝒑 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑨𝒊𝒓". 𝑰𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒎 𝒚𝒆𝒕?
For a better description of this Targett-Adams' work, I will use the words of a review from one magazine:


📌 A film that documents Placebo’s world tour in 2009 and 2010, Charlie Targett-Adams’ Coming Up For Air is essential viewing for fans of the band.
To promote their album ‘Battle for the Sun’, music band Placebo embarked on a lengthy tour that saw them playing diverse locations all over the globe. The film follows the band on tour, illustrating a life of travelling, preparation, performances and interviews…
Placebo: Coming Up For Air is a documentary that is based solely on the tour, rather than being a biographical look at the band. This is not to say that elements of the band’s history are not touched upon under the wider remit. Nonetheless, the emphasis remains on their tour and aspects relating to this.


Charlie Targett-Adams crafts the film well. There appears to be a considered method to how the documentary pans out. Different topics are compartmentalised so that each area is dealt with in its own segment.
Owing to this, the film feels like it has more of a narrative than some other documentaries.
Throughout the film, the band members are interviewed about touring, their music, and dealing with the side effects of their profession.
Unsurprisingly, Brian Molko dominates in terms of screen time. Insights offered by Molko and other members of the band are interesting for the most part.
Perhaps most fascinating are the scenes focused on drummer Steve Forrest. As a relative newcomer, his views seem both objective and subjective in talking about the band and the impact the tour has had on him personally.📌
(𝙸𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚐., 𝚂𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙵𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚕 𝟸0𝟷𝟸)
🔸⭐🔸

Photo credit: Steve Gerrard

Yes, being on tour for so long is a very exhausting for the band, both physically and mentally. Especially young Steve, our sunshine boy, felt very exhausted at the end of the tour. So it was very brave of him to vent his emotions in this video.


📌 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐕𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 "𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐔𝐏 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐈𝐑":
"There are a lot of really intense moments [on the DVD documentary]. There was a bit where I had a really big breakdown at the end of the tour. We decided to leave it in, since it shows a lot of the realness of what we went through. The sad and dark shit show people what it’s really like on tour. But there are also the good times, when we’re a family and having fun. It shows both sides of it. People want to see what's really going on, so we’re happy to show them that. There are a lot of really intimate moments in there that you wouldn’t normally see."
(𝙽𝙼𝙴 𝚖𝚊𝚐., 𝚂𝚎𝚙. 𝟸0𝟷𝟷)


📌 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐅𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐋𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 "𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐔𝐏 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐈𝐑":
"Besides capturing Placebo’s final tour performance at London’s Brixton Academy, “We Came in Pieces” also features a short film called “Trigger Happy Hands” as well as a documentary, “Coming Up For Air,” directed by Charlie Targett-Adams.
“We just kind of let him have pretty much access all areas,” Olsdal recalls. “Some bits in there are still uncomfortable for us to view, but a the same time it shows what life is like on the road. It’s not all fun and games; there’s good days and there’s times when the weight of the world crashes on you, when you’re flying 13 hours and get right off the plane and have a show that night, and you can’t put on the show you expect from yourself and that you want to give the people. It shows that side of touring life as well.”
(𝙱𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚋𝚘𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚐., 𝙽𝚘𝚟.𝟸0𝟷𝟷)

Placebo at Main Square 2009. Photo credit: Screenshot

Dear friends, it is best to end this evening with a link to this documentary. It's still possible to watch it on Vimeo, but you have to log in.
I hope you enjoy this video and write to me in the comments how you liked it.
🔸🎬 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 "𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐩 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐢𝐫" 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟏
https://vimeo.com/32155059

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⭐🔹𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎: 𝐀𝐋𝐓.𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐀 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟔🔹⭐

😍Dear soulmates,
today I want to share an amazing interview about a documentary, that is still waiting to be released on DVD. As for me, I wasn't lucky enough to see this gem. I am dependent only on the trailer and various mentions that keep me in devotional patience.

🔹⭐🔹𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎: 𝐀𝐋𝐓.𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐀 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟔🔹⭐🔹

In July 2017, a student Celia Lam, who studied at the University of Nottingham in Ningbo, China, interviewed the film's director Charlie Targett-Adams for a university magazine. We already know that Charlie has been a popular director for the band since 2008, among other things he made the first documentary Coming Up For Air for Placebo.
I want to share with you the most interesting moments of this conversation and I hope that you will enjoy the atmosphere of creation of this still carefully hidden treasure.


And if anyone here has been lucky enough to attend the screening of this amazing rockumentary, share your memories and feelings with us.
I wish you all a wonderful evening.


𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒆 𝑻𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕-𝑨𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒔:
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑵𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝑳𝑨𝑪𝑬𝑩𝑶: 𝑨𝑳𝑻.𝑹𝑼𝑺𝑺𝑰𝑨
𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒃𝒚 𝑪𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒂 𝑳𝒂𝒎

🌟 Please tell me about the concept behind PLACEBO: ALT.RUSSIA. How did you establish a connection with the band and what inspired you to tell this story?
/.../ In April 2014, Alex emailed me about coming in to talk about making a documentary about the Russian tour. They were playing 10 Russian cities, eight of which they had not played before, and travelling on the Trans-Siberian express. It was a different tour for them, and a
great opportunity to make something unique. At the time Russia was all over the news with Crimea so I thought we should not concentrate on the politics and instead reach out to the people and see a different side to Russia. I went away and wrote a treatment for the film setting out the approach: going out into the cities and meeting creatives on the way. I had the name from the start, PLACEBO:
ALT.RUSSIA, because I always see Placebo being labelled as an ‘Alternative Rock’ band and thought that would be a good hook to look into alternative culture in Russia; the culture we rarely hear about in the mainstream media.

Screenshot from the trailer

🌟 Please tell me about the technical process. How many cameras did you use during the shoot, and what was your plan for sound recording? Were there any challenging situations or interesting stories to come from production?
/.../ Like always in the world of rock’n’roll,
money and time weren’t on our side, so we had two weeks for the pre-production to find out as much as we could about the places we were going and who we could meet up with. We spent every waking hour researching, emailing and picking up the phone trying to set things up before we left. We explored every angle we could and contacted everyone we came across including Placebo fans to help give us their ideas about their cities. In the end a great resource for us was The Calvert Journal based in London. On their website they feature articles about the creative arts in Russia and Eastern Europe and it opened up a lot of angles on who and what to look out for.
Once we had a list of people in each city we sent them over to Stefan Olsdal and Brian Molko from the band to ask who they were interested in meeting. From there we narrowed down the choices and then the tough task of getting in contact with them. /.../ Some people we never managed to contact, others we did and they didn’t show up at our meetings and others we met but we could not fit into the edit of the documentary. Thankfully, of the people we did meet, we were really blown away by what they did and each gave their own unique angle for the film. /.../
When I shoot a concert, I am always more interested in trying to capture what it felt like to be there than document what actually happened. Therefore, I normally make my way around the whole venue picking up moments from on or off stage, trying to capture people’s reactions and emotions. /.../ The tour lasted sixteen days and in total we covered just over 13,500 km. /.../


🌟 Tell me a bit about the editing process. How did you find the narrative? Did the story of the band’s encounters with Russian artists emerge after the shoot, or before?
/.../We returned from the tour with thirty-five hours of footage.
/.../All of this is boiled down to the one hour and seven minutes running time.
/.../We knew the premise was to go out and talk to creatives to find out about living and working in Russia. We aimed to get a diverse mix of people into the film and not just the obvious type of creatives that people would associate with Russia. We wanted to get different opinions on similar topics from each of our contributors.
Jerry Chater was our editor. He had edited music documentaries about U2, Radiohead, Oasis and Joy Division and I knew he would bring so much to our film. /.../
This went on for about four months on and off before we had a first cut. Stefan from the band came into the edit on occasions and helped craft the narrative as we went. /.../

Screenshot from the trailer

🌟 What inspired your stylistic choices for the film?
/.../ The previous feature documentary was all
led by a narration from Brian. Therefore, this time we chose to have Stefan lead it and instead of it being a film that looked inwards to the band we thought it should look outwards and be guided by Stefan. He really embraced the project and was very involved at every stage of the production. He was the best champion and driving force to make sure it would see the light of day.
It was a constant dialogue on the road with Stefan. /.../ From what I knew, he had never really done any work in front of the camera like this before, leading the conversation and giving personal insight into difficult subjects on camera. Usually people would be asking him questions instead of the other way around but I feel he managed to fall straight into the role and get his own naturally inquisitive and engaging character across on camera. Then when we came to do the voice over for the
film, Jerry had written a guide dialogue and Stefan managed to spin it around into his own words to give it a real personal and engaging touch. /.../
What we did consciously seek out were people who were away from the mainstream. Hopefully by doing this we showed an alternative narrative to the mainstream reported in Russia. The film has gone down really well in Russia. I feel there is a great appetite for it because it is an alternative take on how Russians see their own country. /.../


🌟 How important are alternative narratives to the band?
One of my favourite quotes from Brian is “Placebo attracts the misshapes, the square pegs in the round holes.” From hearing several interviews they have given over the years I would say alternative narratives are important to them. I feel they are writing their own one in the history of modern Western music. They are currently in their 20th year as a band and when they started Brit Pop had emerged, lad culture and crude rivalries between bands such as Blur and Oasis.
Placebo decided to blur these false boundaries and were the antidote to that culture. Having come to fame in that way, I feel they are now put under that section of ‘alternative’ for people to easily categorize and digest their style in a single term. That is why I thought it would be good to play on that with the title of the documentary, PLACEBO: ALT.RUSSIA, and also the Alt on a computer keyboard that gives a nod to our internet age. /.../

Screenshot from the trailer

🌟 Finally, where have you screened the film so far, and where will you take it next?
The documentary has had a great response at several festivals and a theatrical release so far in Russia. We have won three film festival awards at present. To be recognised outside the world
of music with the IAFOR award was incredibly humbling for us all./.../
I feel all music documentaries grow better with time as they capture the culture of that time. We want to get
the film shown to as many people as possible all over the world through film festivals. We are going to show it in as many festivals that accept us this year and then there will be a general release at the end of the year or next year.
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You can read the whole interview here:
https://bit.ly/2U3Yxyl

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