Other, Like Me

2020

Documentary

4
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 135 135

Plot summary

Hull, England, 1970. In a run-down commune in a tough port city, a group of social misfits - mostly working class, mostly self-educated - adopted new identities and began making simple street theater under the name COUM Transmissions. Their playful performances gradually gave way to work that dealt openly with sex, pornography, and violence. COUM lived on the edges of society, surviving on meager resources, finding fellowship with others marginalized by the mainstream. At the core of the group were two artists, Genesis P-Orridge and Cosey Fanni Tutti. As their work evolved, Cosey embarked on a career modeling for pornographic magazines, which she claimed for herself as a conceptual artwork, using it to forge a specific position in relationship to 1970s feminism. In performances, Genesis pushed himself to extremes, testing the limits of the human body.

720p.WEB 1080p.WEB
753.95 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
25 fps
1 hr 21 min
Seeds 5
1.36 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
25 fps
1 hr 21 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by torrascotia 6 / 10

Feels Short

This is an actually interesting documentary about the people who were involved in the musical group Throbbing Gristle, who are now viewed as forefathers of electronic music. I describe them in this way because what this documentary isn't is a doc about a musical group. Its more a background and brief introduction to the art collective that existed long before any musical instruments were picked up, called Coum Transmissions. The problem this documentary has is there is really no way to scratch the surface of the group in such a short space of time. Particularly when using a talking heads approach. This is evident to anyone who has read Cosi's book, while some of the main events are touched on, there is little depth. There is also not much in discussed in terms of music production, which is one of the key areas of interest to many.On the plus side there is little fat in this doc, it flies past very quickly but leaves you none the wiser about who the people are or what they were actually about. I would even go so far as to say that it may not make much sense if you didn't already know the story. Ignore any scores for this above a six, that is just fans of the band who are obviously starved of new content from them for obvious reasons. Another plus of this doc is it doesn't try to ram any political ideas down peoples throats, about identity etc. The people are who they are and it doesn't need discussion or any forcing of ideas. They were a weird bunch based on what they did, most of which isn't of interest to people who liked their music. Maybe this should have been focused on TG as opposed to being a complete but shallow history of them from their activist artists days.
Reviewed by GSK23 8 / 10

fantastic!

Really great footage here! Plus, this is a great, solid addition to Cosey's already fascinating book!

This treads a bit too lightly on Gen, but he definitely gets what he deserves as well as plenty of time to defend himself. Still, a sequel going deeper into his wacky control tactics, abuse and just horrible personality traits is needed.

Also, these people should definitely do a more TG focused doc next; as Chris and Peter aren't terribly present here. Heck, bring on a 4 hour Coil doc while I'm dreaming...

As an American, a lot of info about COUM was lacking back in the late-70s and early 80s, so everything about this doc and Cosey's book are an amazing feast for fans. Seek it out!

Reviewed by BFBFBFBFBFBFBFBF 10 / 10

Moving & Energizing

This documentary is a wonderful introduction to the work of some of the greatest artists of all time -- and it is important, insofar as there is a major lack of availability of information on this work available today. The producers have done a magnificent job in gathering obscure footage and photography and narratives, and made excellent decisions on the score.

In my ideal world, the producers of this doc would deliver another 10 hours of content and go even deeper into the various subjects -- I could watch a whole documentary just on the story of "Live at Oundle School", or the London Fields years, or the technical side of TG's music, or Prostitution, etc.

So - awesome work that made me contemplate what is possible for me and for the world, and left me wanting more!

Read more IMDb reviews

4 Comments

Be the first to leave a comment