PLACEBO: In search of …
“This Search for Meaning” is more than just the title of the Placebo documentary. For Brian Molko, music is self-therapy – a means of explaining the world to himself, finding a place, creating a connection. Filmed in the style of fixed surveillance cameras, the interviews seem like fragments of permanent observation. Artist friends such as Yungblud or Robbie Williams have no idea that their phone calls are being recorded. Brian detests surveillance – the stylistic device becomes a warning sign. “I never intended to become famous. All I wanted was not to have to do a normal job.” The documentary begins with Brian’s disarming recollection. For Stefan Olsdal, music becomes a lifeline that carries him through his confused youth and leads him to London – where he meets Brian at a tube station. The rest is history: strapping on a guitar, making “ungodly noise” and provoking some kind of reaction – the origin of
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