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Thirteen Smiths' recordings, half of them in a club with a live audience. These alternate with five rock videos, two directed by Derek Jarman (Panic and Ask), two by Tim Broad (Girlfriend in a Coma and Stop Me...), and one by Paula Grief and Richard Levine (How Soon Is Now?). It concludes with Jarman's short film, "The Queen Is Dead," with a three-song soundtrack. The rock videos, particularly Jarman's, are filled with multiple and superimposed images, changing tints, and little narrative coherence; they get their pace from the music's rhythm. Androgyny, dancing children, belching smokestacks, graffiti, angry young men, a waif in a cap: collages of modern alienation.

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The Smiths - The Complete Picture Cast

Name Character
Johnny Marr He was 29, now 61 years old as himself
Mike Joyce He was 29, now 61 years old as himself
Craig Gannon He was 26, now 58 years old as himself
Morrissey He was 33, now 65 years old as himself
Andy Rourke He was 28, now 60 years old as himself
Dale Hibbert He was 30, now 62 years old as himself

The Smiths - The Complete Picture Crew

Name Department
Derek Jarman as Director. He was 50 (52) years old when He died Directing
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The Smiths - The Complete Picture (31 years)

  • Release day: Monday, December 07, 1992
  • Runtime: 50 minutes