I was fortunate enough to attend a screening of this marvelous documentary as part of the Sensoria festival in Sheffield.
As a pairing, previous offerings of showcasing Meek in 'Telstar: The Joe Meek Story' & BBC's 'The Strange Story of Joe Meek' were often fanciful, and arguably slanderous to the Meek legacy.
These recurrent elaborations providing for a source of frustration for Meek enthusiasts such as myself.
In contrast, A Life in Death provides a plethora of interviewees (ranging from Meek's brother to Jimmy Page) to deliver fact , and personal opinion that serves both to quell the conjecture whilst providing primary source viewpoint.
The passion and warmth radiated in this skilfully presented piece is a triumph to the resolution and virtue of both Stahman & Berger who have proved to be two of the most suitable custodians of the Joe Meek legacy.
As a pairing, previous offerings of showcasing Meek in 'Telstar: The Joe Meek Story' & BBC's 'The Strange Story of Joe Meek' were often fanciful, and arguably slanderous to the Meek legacy.
These recurrent elaborations providing for a source of frustration for Meek enthusiasts such as myself.
In contrast, A Life in Death provides a plethora of interviewees (ranging from Meek's brother to Jimmy Page) to deliver fact , and personal opinion that serves both to quell the conjecture whilst providing primary source viewpoint.
The passion and warmth radiated in this skilfully presented piece is a triumph to the resolution and virtue of both Stahman & Berger who have proved to be two of the most suitable custodians of the Joe Meek legacy.