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Oasis documentary filmmakers detail remote filming strategy during band rehearsals

Billboard reports directors Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern monitored rehearsals remotely to avoid disrupting the reunion.

The short version

  • Directors Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern released 'Don't Look Back in Anger,' a documentary covering the Oasis reunion tour.[Billboard]
  • Southern explained that the crew monitored early rehearsals remotely from a portacabin to avoid interfering with the band.[Billboard]
  • The Stephen Knight-written film premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 5 before moving to cinemas.[Billboard]

Key facts

  • Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern directed the Oasis reunion documentary 'Don’t Look Back in Anger.'[Billboard]
  • The documentary script was written by Stephen Knight.[Billboard]
  • During band rehearsals, the filmmakers hid in a portacabin to monitor the members from afar without interfering.[Billboard]
  • The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 5 and received an eight-minute standing ovation.[Billboard]
  • Oasis had previously split in 2009 after Liam and Noel Gallagher clashed at Paris' Rock en Seine festival.[Billboard]

Sources

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