Art Will Save the World

Failed pop star The soul of The Auteurs and Black Box Recorder reconstructs the purgatory of his career in a hilarious testimony that craps on every aspect of the pop music business Those on the prowl for public relations and commercial potential have come to the wrong place Haines is a notorious partypooper a wet blanket at awards ceremonies and a sourpussthatsulksinthecorner To relate his tragiccomic saga director Niall McCann organizes a perfidious puzzle filled with talking heads Jarvis Cocker Stewart Home David Peace or as Haines puts it people who pretend they have met me unforgettable quips by the disgusted composer To hell with the common people Britpop never existed and a script that resembles Winterbottom gone punk actors that aspire to walk in Haines shoes frozen images surprising turns and historical tiffs