Synopsis

Julien Temple’s *Oil City Confidential* is the last film in his trilogy on British music of the 1970s. It is a prequel to his landmark films about punk figureheads the Sex Pistols in *The Filth and the Fury* and Joe Strummer in *The Future is Unwritten*. *Oil City Confidential* is a film noir feature-length documentary about Dr. Feelgood; it’s the story of four men in cheap suits who crashed out of Canvey Island in the early ’70s, sandpapered the face of rock and roll, and left all that came before a burnt-out ruin. Cannibalizing the visual flotsam and jetsam of our society, welding it into an emotionally engaging and humorous whole, *Oil City Confidential* sets out to explore this unique time, place, and social landscape – all of which was responsible for shaping the identity of the band and which, more than any other, defined the strange cultural vacuum that existed before the coming of punk rock.

Director

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  • Julien Temple
  • Born in 1953, Julien Temple is a British director of feature films, documentaries, and music videos. He made his directorial debut with a film about the Sex Pistols, and has since created many follow-up works. Another film about the Sex Pistols, *The Sex Pistols: The Legend* (1999), was screened at the Sundance Film Festival and the 2000 Berlin Film Festival.