{"id":15626,"date":"2015-10-14T15:07:38","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T19:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=15626"},"modified":"2015-10-14T15:08:10","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T19:08:10","slug":"adam-ant-documentary-coming-to-dvd-and-digital-platforms-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=15626","title":{"rendered":"Adam Ant documentary coming to DVD and digital platforms in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"\">The Sunrise Pictures will release\u00a0&#8216;The Blueblack Hussar,&#8217; a documentary about Adam Ant, was described as, &#8216;Amazing and wonderful&#8221;, by Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin and, &#8220;Up there with Pennebaker and the Maysles Brothers&#8221;, by Sam Dunn, BFI. The film&#8217;s Director, Jack Bond, captures Ant&#8217;s\u00a0extraordinary and brave comeback, after years of mental health problems.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"\">The 99 minute film comes packaged with bonus features like rare live performance footage, and a Q&amp;A with Jack Bond hosted by journalist John Robb. Watch the\u00a0trailer\u00a0via YouTube below.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lZ2d3TwWVLo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">&#8216;The Blueblack Hussar&#8217;<\/span>\u00a0is Adam&#8217;s latest persona and, so emboldened, he embarks on his first tour for 15 years with a new backing band, &#8216;The Good, the Mad and the Lovely Posse&#8217;. For the first time since his Punk roots, Adam is captured playing with a young, hungry band, and collaborating with the likes of Boz Boorer (Morrissey, The Pole Cats, etc). The film includes live performances, starting at London&#8217;s 100 Club and culminating at Hyde Park, with\u00a0an audience of 55,000. Jack Bond&#8217;s &#8216;fly on the wall&#8217; direction includes intimate scenes of Adam at home, backstage and even getting a new tattoo. The film also exposes Adam&#8217;s complex personality through the characters he interacts with on his journey, including\u00a0Amy Winehouse producer, Mark Ronson, Jamie Reynolds of The Klaxons and the legendary Pop Artist Allen Jones (&#8216;A Clockwork Orange&#8217;).\u00a0\u00a0<br class=\"\" \/><br class=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SUNRISE002.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15630\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SUNRISE002.jpg?resize=216%2C306\" alt=\"The Blueblack Hussar cover\" width=\"216\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SUNRISE002.jpg?w=216&amp;ssl=1 216w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SUNRISE002.jpg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a>The film takes in the atmosphere pervading Adam&#8217;s life in London, including that explosive show at the 100 Club. &#8216;<span class=\"\">The Blueblack Hussar&#8217;<\/span><em class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em>also follows his escape to Paris to record with his &#8216;Bardoesque&#8217; backing singer, Twinkle and the enigmatic film star, Charlotte Rampling, who inspired his first album, &#8216;Dirk Wears White Sox&#8217;. Jack Bond, one of Britain&#8217;s most innovative directors, returns to the Cinema Verit\u00e9 roots of his ground-breaking 1965 film, &#8216;Dali in New York&#8217; to portray the creative talent of Adam Ant, another &#8216;mad genius&#8217;.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"\">&#8216;The Blueblack Hussar&#8217;<\/span>\u00a0is an honest portrait of a troubled, but ultimately triumphant natural talent. The years may have marched on but Adam Ant, as this unflinching film proves beyond doubt, remains a true star.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Bonus materials include<\/span>:<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Live performance of &#8216;Whip in My Valise&#8217; at The Scala, London<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Live performance of &#8216;Young Parisians&#8217; duet with Boy George<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Live performance of &#8216;Deutsche Girls&#8217; at the Electric Ballroom, London<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Q&amp;A Jack Bond and journalist John Robb<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">You can pre-order it through MVD Entertainment Group <a href=\"http:\/\/mvdshop.com\/products\/adam-ant-the-blueblack-hussar-dvd?utm_source=Adam+Ant+%22The+Blueblack+Hussar%22&amp;utm_campaign=Adam+Ant&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> or through Amazon <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ant-Adam-Blueblack-Hussar\/dp\/B00TY1958E\/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1442583269&amp;sr=8-5&amp;keywords=adam+ant\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Jack Bond himself is an English Director\/Producer of feature films and television documentaries, including films on Salvador Dali, Roald Dahl, Patricia Highsmith, Werner Herzog and The Pet Shop Boys. Three of his feature films: &#8216;Separation&#8217;, &#8216;Anticlock&#8217; and &#8216;The Other Side of the Underneath&#8217; have been re-released on DVD and Blu-ray by the BFI. Jack Bond is to be the subject of a biography by Kirk Lake (&#8216;There Will Be Rainbows&#8217;, a biography of Rufus Wainwright) and is currently working on a new feature film.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Sunrise Pictures will release\u00a0&#8216;The Blueblack Hussar,&#8217; a documentary about Adam Ant, was described as, &#8216;Amazing and wonderful&#8221;, by Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin and, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=15626\" title=\"Adam Ant documentary coming to DVD and digital platforms in the US\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[11,15,28,1907],"tags":[3487,3489,3488],"class_list":["post-15626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-documentary","category-film","category-music","category-news","tag-adam-ant","tag-jack-bond","tag-the-blueblack-hussar"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Adam-Ant-still.jpeg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-442","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36602,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=36602","url_meta":{"origin":15626,"position":0},"title":"Arrow Video announces \u2018A Ghost Waits\u2019 on Blu-ray and TVOD","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"April 26, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"On May 4th, Arrow Video will release\u00a0Adam Stovall's\u00a0\u2018A Ghost Waits,\u2019 a remarkable supernatural comedy romance which can best be described as\u00a0\u2018Beetlejuice\u2019\u00a0meets\u00a0\u2018Ghost\u2019. 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