November 9th 10pm – Molière Theatre
WHO KILLED THE KLF ?
KLF: Unidentified Musical Object
Chris Atkins · 2022 · 88’ · UK
KLF (Kopyright Liberation Front) embodies a viscerally subversive music: selling 6 million singles without any record label receiving a share of the profits, only to eventually delete their entire catalog and publicly burn £1 million. A pointless hoax, obscene waste, or a terrible mistake?
This documentary follows the situationist electronic art duo from 1988 to 1997, born from an absolute refusal to conform to the careerist notion of success. However, this artistic prank had enormous global repercussions as Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty were also at the forefront of trance and acid house. Regarding his film, Chris Atkins stated, “My goal is to make their genius known to a generation […] the greatest musical and artistic story of the 20th century!”