EP05 - Lee Cogswell - Film-Maker, Mono Media Films - Paul Weller & The Style Council
On Episode 5 of The Paul Weller Fan Podcast, I am joined by the hugely talented film-maker Lee Cogswell...
Lee is one half of the brilliant team behind Mono Media Films (together with Episode 2 guest, Bax)
In this podcast chat, we explore the story behind his mini-documentaries on the making of Paul Weller albums A Kind Revolution, Jawbone, True Meanings and On Sunset.
Lee has also directed music videos for Stone Foundation, The Moons and Paul Weller (White Horses and Movin' On, with the addition of Still Glides the Stream which came after our podcast chat)...
At the time of recording, the incredible documentary on The Style Council - Long Hot Summers had recently been broadcast on Sky Arts too...
Hear our chat below and find out more about Mono Media Films at monomediafilms.london
If you want to support the podcast financially, you can buy me a virtual coffee via the link below (£3)
Let me attempt to explain why Lee's work is so important to me as a Paul Weller fan.
Over the past few weeks, you can't fail to have noticed that the internet ha Peter Jackson film on the Beatles. It is brilliant footage from the “Get Back” studio sessions and the band's final work together, some never before seen film of them in the studio recording, larking about, playing together and most importantly, creating incredible music.
Understandably, it was just what we needed and everyone has been raving about how brilliant it looks. And whilst Lee doesn't have the Oscars, the Golden Globes and the 6.5 billion pounds of worldwide box office revenue like Peter Jackson just yet, for me his work evokes the same kind of feelings that I got from watching the Beatles footage.
If you haven't seen his films, Lee has had incredible access to Paul over the past few years, from the
Jawbone soundtrack through to A Kind Revolution, True Meanings and On Sunset.
Each of these wonderful albums has had these brilliant documentaries filmed in the studio as Paul
and his band work on a new album.
Now, as a fan, they are an absolute joy.
You dive into the new album. I remember A Kind Revolution... hearing The Cranes Are Back; loving,
loving, loving that song.
Hearing things like Long, Long Road, One Tear with the brilliant Boy George and New York, Hopper, The Impossible Idea... What a song. Wow. And I devoured that album for weeks.
And then the joy of discovering the incredible making of film created by Lee and by Bax (from episode two of this podcast). }
I'm mind blown; I loved it, I watched it over and over.
It captured the spontaneity of the band; how they create and nail these incredible songs in just a few takes. Watching Woo Se Mama coming together with PP Arnold and Madeline Bell. Such legends. Oh man, it is honestly such a brilliant film. And that's just one of them.
So check out the documentaries for True Meanings and On Sunset as well. Just brilliant.
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