culture
Glastonbury the Movie review
Coinciding with a fallow year for the festival, these scenes filmed in 1993 record a youth culture innocent of camera phones and low on corporate hype
TL;DR
- The documentary was filmed in 1993 and remastered in 4K for its 30th anniversary.
- It depicts a youth culture pre-camera phones and corporate hype.
- The film follows a chronological three-day structure, alternating between scenes of festival-goers and stage performances.
- Featured musical acts include Stereo MCs, The Verve, and Porno for Pyros.
- The film captures both the grand scale and idyllic moments of the festival.
- A Converse advertisement on a hot-air balloon suggests the beginnings of the festival's commodification.