At this afternoon's 3:30 p.m. screening of Lambert and Stamp (James D. Cooper, U.S. 2014, 117 min.), one of the producers—my guess is Douglas Graves—will be on hand to discuss the film.

Early 1960s London: the postwar generation who grew up playing in air raid shelters and bomb sites is detonating a youth rebellion that brings Hesiod's words back to life. At London's Shepperton Studios, two young 2nd assistant directors compare notes on film, music, and frustrated ambitions, forging an unlikely friendship and collaboration that leaves an indelible mark on pop music and culture of the '60s and beyond. Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp, aspiring filmmakers, set out to make a cinema vérité documentary about the mod world of rock and roll, but get sidetracked instead into managing and developing the sonic powerhouse that came to be called The Who. Their gorgeously propulsive footage-the rock documentary that was never completed-lays a foundation for director James D. Cooper's kaleidoscopic study of an era and a rare friendship's creative bond. Present-day interviews with the surviving principals, now grown older, reflect thoughtfully on their relationships and life trajectories.

[source: Little Theatre e-mail, 2015-May-13]