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Blondie: One Way or Another (2006)

01/07/2006 Documentary, Music 1h 12m
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Overview

A documentary about New York band Blondie, from their early beginnings in Bowery clubs like CBGBs alongside other up and coming bands like The Ramones, Patti Smith & Talking Heads. The documentary tracks their years of international success, through their internal problems and decline and then to their recovery and re-establishment leading to their being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006 - an event that wasn't without its problems. Lots of interviews with band members, past and present, and their friends and contemporaries. Lots of clips of them performing through the years.

Matt O'Casey

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Debbie Harry

Debbie Harry

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Chris Stein

Chris Stein

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Nigel Harrison

Nigel Harrison

Self

Frank Infante

Frank Infante

Self

Jimmy Destri

Jimmy Destri

Self

Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop

Self

Clem Burke

Clem Burke

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A review by John Chard

Written on January 11, 2016

The road to the Rock "N" Roll hall of fame is never smooth...

Who doesn't like Blondie? I mean they may not be your favourite band or anything, but does anybody not find themselves singing or bopping along to a Blondie track? Personally I wouldn't trust anyone who says they hate Blondie. This 2006 documentary is a rare treat for a number of reasons. Running at just under an hour and 15 minutes it manages to not scrimp on details, refusing to be a back patting type of doc, it reveals all and is the better for it.

Trajectory traces the band from their humble New York based beginnings, through the monster hit records and a willingness to conquer various genres of music, to the world fame and their subsequent rebirth in 1999. But that isn't even half the story...

Thankfully we get th...

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