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The Jangling Man: The Martin Newell Story

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The Jangling Man is the story of UK-based artist, poet, and Cleaners from Venus frontman Martin Newell. Regarded by many as an influential figure in the history of cassette culture and DIY recording, Newell has been an integral part of the British music scene since the 1970s, and his music career spans over six decades. He's been produced by XTC's Andy Partridge, and written for the likes of Captain Sensible of The Damned. Though it would be wrong to call him an "unknown", he has never been directly in the limelight. This film brings to light the amazing career and life work of the artist, who, on top of being the most published contemporary British poet as well as an established gardener, continues to record and release music today.

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Michael Talbot-Haynes Film Threat …keeps things moving at a brisk clip. Rated: 9.5/10 Oct 17, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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LJ S WE ARE L.A. PEOPLE WHO USED TO LIVE IN LONDON My music-mad daughter recently saw JANGLING MAN at the groovy event space Zebulon in Frogtown, Los Angeles. She sat me down last night to watch this fabulous documentary about a rock and roll original, the poet-artist-musician Martin Newell. When he gets back tonight, I am going sit her dad down to watch it with me because I know he will love it too. We are big fans of English Eccentrics, music, the English countryside, and would have played this guy on our college radio show at William and Mary if we had known about him. I'm surprised that I did not seek this man out when I was a journalist in London at Time-Life International. I did profile a mad muralist in Plymouth, England, in PEOPLE and I wish I had known about the accomplished kook Martin Newell. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/05/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis The Jangling Man is the story of UK-based artist, poet, and Cleaners from Venus frontman Martin Newell. Regarded by many as an influential figure in the history of cassette culture and DIY recording, Newell has been an integral part of the British music scene since the 1970s, and his music career spans over six decades. He's been produced by XTC's Andy Partridge, and written for the likes of Captain Sensible of The Damned. Though it would be wrong to call him an "unknown", he has never been directly in the limelight. This film brings to light the amazing career and life work of the artist, who, on top of being the most published contemporary British poet as well as an established gardener, continues to record and release music today.
Director
James Sharp
Producer
James Sharp, Jim Larson
Genre
Documentary, Biography, Music
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 53m
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