Radio On (DVD)

featuring music from David Bowie, Kraftwerk, Ian Dury, Robert Fripp, Wreckless Eric, Devo Available on DVD for the first time in the UK, Chris Petit's Radio On is one of the most striking feature debuts in British cinema - a haunting blend of edgy mystery story and existential road movie, crammed with eerie evocations of English landscape and weather. Following a young London DJ (David Beames) on the road to Bristol to investigate the mysterious death of his brother, Radio On offers an unique, compelling and even mythic vision of a late 1970s England, stalled between failed hopes of cultural and social change and the imminent upheavels of Thatcherism. Stunningly photographed in luminous monochrome by Martin Schafer, and driven by a startling new wave soundtrack - and early screen performances by Sting - Radio On is ripe for rediscovery.