77-592: Hallam Foe is a 2007 British drama film directed by David Mackenzie based on the novel written by Peter Jinks. The film was released in the United States as Mister Foe . The screenplay was written by Ed Whitmore and David Mackenzie and produced by Gillian Berrie. Hallam Foe premiered at the Berlin Film Festival on 16 February 2007 and competed for the Golden Bear for Best Motion Picture. The film won
154-566: A double A-side single that contained a video-clip-only single as well (both the AA-side "L. Wells" and the video-clip "Jeremy Fraser" are not featured on the album, recorded in early 2006 during the band's tour of Australia in support of the album). Also included is another video-clip-only single called "Wine, In the Afternoon" which is the B-side to " Eleanor Put Your Boots On ", and was also not featured on
231-475: A Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Album . In 2005, the band released their second studio album, You Could Have It So Much Better , produced by Rich Costey . It peaked within the top-ten in multiple countries and earned Grammy-nominations for Best Alternative Album and for one of the singles, " Do You Want To ". The band's third studio album, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand , was released in January 2009; by then
308-587: A Questions and Answers session at the Glasgow Film Theatre preview screening, that he had five songs in mind that he wanted to use in the film, but only one survived in the place he wanted it, that being "Here on My Own" by u.n.p.o.c. The animated title sequence is by artist David Shrigley , who also does all the drawings and writing in Hallam's diaries. The film generally received positive reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives
385-669: A TV pilot for Universal and USA Network . Mackenzie also directed Outlaw King (2018), a historical film for Netflix. Mackenzie and his films have been described as not fitting neatly into any particular genre or type. After studying at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee, Mackenzie began his directorial career with a series of well-regarded shorts, the first being Dirty Diamonds (1994). After that came California Sunshine (1997), Somersault (1999) and Marcie's Dowry (2000). All were nominated for and won numerous awards internationally. Mackenzie's debut feature film
462-574: A band who are reported to be a favourite of Franz Ferdinand, also performed their own version of "No" on the same album. The band partnered with Sony in Tokyo, filming commercials for the launch of the A Series Walkman music player on 8 September 2005. A limited edition Franz Ferdinand-themed Walkman A Series player was released by Sony Japan in January 2006, with only one hundred made. The band 'met' Gorillaz in December 2005 and interviewed each other for
539-584: A beautiful woman who looks uncannily like his late mother. Again, this film won many awards including a Silver Bear in Berlin 2007, the Golden Hitchcock and Kodak Award for Cinematography at the Dinard Festival 2007, and the 2008 National Board of Review Award for Top Independent Film, as well as numerous other awards. In 2009 he directed the sex satire Spread , which marked Mackenzie's first feature in
616-482: A feature in Observer Music Monthly . At the 2009 NME Awards ceremony, they performed a cover of Blondie 's " Call Me " with Elly Jackson of La Roux on guest vocals. When Franz appeared on Radio 1's Live Lounge on 6 April 2009, to promote " No You Girls ", they covered "Womanizer" by Britney Spears . They have also collaborated with Marion Cotillard for the 2010 Lady Dior campaign. The band wrote
693-475: A front-of-house porter at the hotel. On his eighteenth birthday, Kate invites Hallam to have a few drinks after work. Whilst drunk , Hallam reveals his continuing love for his late mother. This seems to fascinate Kate, as she "likes creepy guys". A complex relationship starts to build between Hallam and Kate from this point. Kate first invites him home with her that night, and when she attempts to seduce him, he begins to get uncomfortable and instead they sleep in
770-478: A headlining slot at Field Day festival in London's Victoria Park. Other appearances included Barcelona's Primavera Sound Festival, Montreal's 2012 Osheaga Music Festival, Chicago's 2012 Lollapalooza Music Festival, Belgium's Dour Festival, Portugal's Marés Vivas Festival and San Francisco's 2012 Outside Lands Music Festival. During their 2012 tour, the band gradually introduced new songs to their repertoire, along with
847-506: A live medley with Los Lonely Boys , Maroon 5 , The Black Eyed Peas and Gwen Stefani at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards in 2005, in which "Take Me Out" was nominated for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Franz Ferdinand was nominated for Best Alternative Album . "Take Me Out" was featured on the video games NHL 2005 , Madden NFL 2005 and the breakthrough game Guitar Hero . The album has sold around 3.6 million copies worldwide. The band spent much of 2005 in
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#1732868831350924-650: A man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife. It was nominated for Berlin's Golden Bear and won the Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas at the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival . Next, Mackenzie directed the highly regarded Hallam Foe , starring Jamie Bell and Sophia Myles . The film is adapted from the book by Peter Jinks and follows the voyeuristic title character as he runs away to Edinburgh and becomes transfixed by
1001-632: A new single, "Billy Goodbye", on 2 November 2021. The track is one of two new songs on the greatest hits compilation Hits to the Head , which was released on 11 March 2022. Franz Ferdinand performed at Night for Ukraine, a fundraising benefit held at the Roundhouse in north London on the evening of March 9, 2022, with the funds raised being donated to the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal, to provide aid to people fleeing Ukraine following
1078-633: A new-entrants scheme dedicated to providing a fast-track into the screen industries for young and disadvantaged people. Franz Ferdinand (band) Franz Ferdinand are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 2002. Their original line-up was composed of Alex Kapranos (lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboards), Nick McCarthy (rhythm guitar, keyboards, vocals), Bob Hardy (bass guitar, percussion) and Paul Thomson (drums, percussion, backing vocals). Julian Corrie (keyboards, lead guitar, backing vocals) and Dino Bardot (rhythm guitar, backing vocals) joined
1155-551: A one-off self-titled album in June 2015. The band underwent multiple lineup changes following FFS , beginning with McCarthy's departure in 2016. After acquiring Corrie and Bardot, the band released their fifth studio album Always Ascending in February 2018. Thomson departed in 2021 and was replaced by Tait. The band's sixth studio album, The Human Fear , is scheduled for release in 2025. The band's members played in various bands during
1232-472: A release date of 26 August 2013. The band launched the new album at a show at the Electric Brixton. FMV Magazine's Dan Jenko praised the gig, saying that "there's no reason why latest LP Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action can't be the belated soundtrack of the summer". On 9 March 2015, it was announced that the band had formed a supergroup with Sparks under the name FFS , with plans to release
1309-490: A remarkable 99% Rotten Tomatoes score. Mackenzie returned to the United States to direct Hell or High Water (2016), starring Chris Pine , Jeff Bridges and Ben Foster . The film follows two brothers (Pine and Foster) as they go on a bank robbing spree across Texas, whilst being pursued by a Texas Ranger (Bridges) and his partner ( Gil Birmingham ). The film premiered in the 2016 Cannes Un Certain Regard competition, and
1386-501: A reworked version of Tonight cut "Can't Stop Feeling" combined with " I Feel Love " by Donna Summer . In March 2013, Franz Ferdinand continued touring and premiering new songs. In early March they performed " Evil Eye " and " Love Illumination ", while the end of the month saw the live premiere of "Goodbye Lovers & Friends". On 16 May 2013, Franz Ferdinand officially announced their fourth album, titled Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action , along with cover art, track listing and
1463-420: A studio album and tour Europe during that summer. A teaser titled "The Domino Effect" was released on the group's YouTube channel that same day. The John Congleton -produced album, FFS , was officially announced on 1 April 2015. Three official singles were released from the album: " Johnny Delusional ", which was released on 13 April, "Call Girl", which was released on 28 May, and "Police Encounters", which
1540-626: A teenager having sex. This one's a bit more assured and a bit friendlier for the dance floor." Tonight was mixed by Canadian Mix Engineer Mike Fraser . The song " Ulysses " was chosen to be the first single and was released on 19 January 2009. It was first played by Zane Lowe on 17 November 2008. Shortly afterwards it hit YouTube. It did not see that much success in the UK Top 40 , reaching only No. 20, but it fared better in Spain and Japan where it reached No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. It also entered
1617-568: A young drifter working on a river barge as he disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits. Tilda Swinton , Peter Mullan and Emily Mortimer also star. The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2003, and played TIFF and Telluride , winning Best Film and Best Director at the 2004 BAFTA Scotland awards. Tilda Swinton and Ewan McGregor both won Scottish BAFTAs for their performances. The film also won
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#17328688313501694-522: Is a Scottish film director and co-founder of the Glasgow-based production company Sigma Films . He has made ten feature films including Young Adam (2003), Hallam Foe (2007), Perfect Sense (2011) and Starred Up (2013). In 2016, Mackenzie's film Hell or High Water premiered at Cannes and was theatrically released in the United States in August. The same year he executive produced Damnation ,
1771-482: Is a partner in Sigma Films . As well as producing Mackenzie's own films, the company has produced other directors' pictures including Andrea Arnold 's Red Road (2006), Jonathan Glazer 's Under The Skin (2013), Lars von Trier 's Dogville (2003) and Robert Carlyle 's The Legend of Barney Thomson (2015). Sigma Films founded the production and post-production facility Film City Glasgow and runs Jumpcut,
1848-440: Is having an extra-marital affair with Kate. Alasdair then discovers Hallam's lookout in the clock tower. Hallam attempts to blackmail Alasdair with the knowledge of his adultery , but Alasdair sacks him. Hallam retaliates by finding Alasdair's wife and child and thereby demonstrating the ability, if he wishes, to inform her of the affair, which forces Alasdair to give him back his job. Hallam eventually works his way up to being
1925-515: Is in fact with his mother for leaving him. This cathartic moment enables him to move on for the first time, and the film ends with him happy and content walking the streets of Edinburgh. Domino Records provided the entire soundtrack with bands including Franz Ferdinand with their song "Hallam Foe Dandelion Blow" along with songs from James Yorkston , u.n.p.o.c. , King Creosote , Sons and Daughters , Four Tet , Psapp , Juana Molina and Test Icicles , amongst others. David Mackenzie stated at
2002-562: Is moved into an adult prison where his estranged and incarcerated father resides. O'Connell stars alongside Ben Mendelsohn and Rupert Friend . The film is based on the writer Jonathan Asser's experiences as a voluntary therapist in HM Prison Wandsworth . It premiered at Telluride 2013 and went on to win numerous awards, including the BAFTA Scotland 2014 Best Film and Best Director Awards, get nominated for seven BIFAs and holds
2079-665: Is notable for its use of Russian avant-garde imagery in album and single covers designed by Matthew Cooper. Examples include: "You Could Have It So Much Better", which references a 1924 portrait of Lilya Brik by Alexander Rodchenko ; " Take Me Out ", which references One-Sixth Part of the World, also by Alexander Rodchenko; " This Fire " which references Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge by El Lissitzky ; and " Michael ", with single art based on A Proun by Lissitzky. The song "Love and Destroy"
2156-611: Is titled The Last Great Wilderness (2002). His brother, actor Alastair Mackenzie , plays a character looking to exact revenge by burning down his wife's lover's house in the Highlands. The film begins as a comedy gangster thriller, then wanders into horror film territory before subverting all expectations and delivering something altogether different instead. It premiered at TIFF in 2002. He followed this with his acclaimed adaptation of Scots beat writer Alexander Trocchi 's cult novel, Young Adam (2003). It features Ewan McGregor as
2233-482: The 48th Annual Grammy Awards in 2006, as did "Do You Want To" for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. On 26 January 2009, the band released their third studio album, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand , which they had been recording in Glasgow since mid-2007. The band recorded the album in a disused building in Glasgow that had been a town hall in the past. Alex Kapranos has stated that "The last record was...like
2310-554: The Balmoral Hotel , located in the city centre. Kate bears a striking resemblance to his late mother. He manages to persuade her to give him a job as a kitchen porter in the hotel. Hallam makes his home in the clock tower of the hotel because of its vantage point over Kate's home in a top flat, where he can spy on her. He also spies on Kate through a skylight on her roof, clambering over the roofscape to reach his vantage point. Hallam learns that another senior hotel employee, Alasdair,
2387-614: The Edinburgh International Film Festival to wholly positive reviews and was called "funny, vital and sobering" by Scotland's arts bible The Skinny . In 2022, Franz Ferdinand's single, " This Fire " served as the opening theme song for the Polish-Japanese animated series, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners . Stylistically, the band has been labelled as indie rock , garage rock revival , post-punk revival , dance-punk , dance-rock and art rock . The band
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2464-531: The Russian invasion . The event was organised by Fabien Riggall in collaboration with the Ukrainian pop duo Bloom Twins . On 11 September 2024, Franz Ferdinand announced their sixth studio album, The Human Fear , to be released on 10 January 2025. The lead single, "Audacious", was released following the announcement of the album. The album will be the first full-length album to feature Audrey Tait on drums following
2541-476: The Serge Gainsbourg song "Sorry Angel" for the 2005 album Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited . In addition, Franz re-recorded the track " Brown Onions " for David Shrigley's compilation album Worried Noodles . The band kept instrumentation identical but used lyrics written by Shrigley which include the consistent repetition of the word "No" and occasionally "No brains, no teeth, no legs, no eyes...". Hot Chip ,
2618-608: The 1990s, including The Karelia , Yummy Fur , 10p Invaders, and Embryo. Alex Kapranos and Paul Thomson met at a party and began a close friendship and played together in Yummy Fur, and subsequently teamed up to write songs. Around the same time, Kapranos taught his friend Bob Hardy how to play bass after being given a bass guitar by Mick Cooke of Belle & Sebastian . Kapranos met rhythm guitarist Nick McCarthy, who had returned to Scotland after studying jazz bass in Germany, in 2001. Once
2695-554: The Beatles , Pulp 's " Mis-Shapes ", Gwen Stefani 's top 5 hit " What You Waiting For? ", Blondie 's " Call Me ", Britney Spears ' "Womanizer" and David Bowie 's song " Sound and Vision ", featuring Girls Aloud on backing vocals, for a compilation disc marking the 40th anniversary of BBC Radio 1 , along with other leading artists. Additionally, Franz Ferdinand recorded a cover of the Fire Engines ' song "Get Up and Use Me". In return,
2772-534: The Fire Engines recorded a cover of "Jacqueline". The band also took a similar approach with Dutch band De Kift , covering the song "Heisa-Ho" whilst De Kift recorded a cover of "Love and Destroy" with Dutch lyrics. The cover by De Kift is named "Liefde En Puin" which is the title "Love and Destroy" translated into Dutch. The band has had remixes by electronic artists Daft Punk , Hot Chip , Justice , The Avalanches , Microfilm and Erol Alkan . The band also performed, played and recorded with Jane Birkin , covering
2849-450: The Matinee entering at No. 24 and No. 50 respectively. Franz Ferdinand won an Ivor Novello Award in 2004 and two Brit Awards in 2005. The avant-garde music video for "Take Me Out" earned them a Breakthrough Video MTV Award . NME named Franz Ferdinand the best album of 2004, and placed it 38th on their 100 Best Albums of All Time list. The band performed "Take Me Out" as
2926-689: The Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature at EIFF , and British Newcomer of the Year at the London Critics Circle Awards and was nominated for four BIFA nominations and several European Film Academy Awards. In 2005 Mackenzie directed Asylum , adapted from Patrick McGrath 's book and starring Natasha Richardson , Sir Ian McKellen , Hugh Bonneville and Marton Coskas . It follows Richardson's character as she becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates,
3003-997: The Silver Bear for Best Music. The film was released in the UK on 31 August 2007 and in the US on 5 September 2008. Hallam Foe is a teenage loner who lives on his father Julius' large estate near Peebles . His hobby is spying on people from his tree house. Hallam is convinced that his stepmother, Verity, is responsible for his mother's death by drowning two years earlier. Hallam's sister Lucy leaves home to attend university and it becomes clear that Verity and his father want Hallam to move on as well. Hallam initially refuses due to his suspicion of Verity, but she uses his diaries first to have sex with him and then to blackmail him into leaving. To escape his father and stepmother, Hallam travels to Edinburgh . Upon arrival in Edinburgh, Hallam sees Kate, an administrator at
3080-667: The Top 20 of the US Modern Rock Chart. The album, Tonight was released 26 January 2009 and debuted at No. 2 in the UK Album Chart and No. 9 in the US Billboard 200 . The second single, " No You Girls " saw success both in the charts and on the radio prior to release, eventually reaching No. 7 on the US Modern Rock Chart and was performed by Franz Ferdinand on Comic Relief 2009 Top of The Pops special. " Can't Stop Feeling "
3157-476: The Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart , peaking at number 44. Their second single, " Take Me Out ", proved their big commercial breakthrough, peaking at number three. "Take Me Out" charted in several other countries and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal ; it became the band's signature song. Their self-titled debut studio album won the 2004 Mercury Prize and earned
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3234-569: The US as of early 2004, but reached the top 5 of the indie rock chart and the Heatseeker chart for debut artists. After a couple of North American tours and heavy rotation of the "Take Me Out" video on MTV , the album eventually reached No. 32 on the Billboard 200 later in 2004, and sold over a million copies in the United States. Franz Ferdinand received a generally strong positive response from critics. NME rated it 9 out of 10, and said that
3311-522: The US. The film follows Ashton Kutcher 's LA gigolo as he begins living with a rich older client played by Anne Heche . Spread had its premiere at Sundance . Mackenzie followed this by returning to Glasgow to make sci-fi romance Perfect Sense (2011). The film follows a burgeoning romance between Ewan McGregor and Eva Green against the backdrop of a global pandemic of people losing their senses one by one. The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2011 and picked up awards at film festivals around
3388-528: The album, but recorded on tour in Michigan. " Do You Want To " made it to number 4 and was declared by Q to be the greatest single of 2005, while " Walk Away " and " The Fallen " entered the top 15 of the UK Singles Chart. The fourth and final single from the second album, "Eleanor Put Your Boots On", peaked at number 30. You Could Have It So Much Better went on to earn a nomination for Best Alternative Album at
3465-459: The album; Hardy said, "There's more to life than disco-beat guitar music". It was generally well received in the press and seen as an album equal to, or better than, their first by most critics. It entered the UK Album Charts at Number 1 and the US charts at Number 8. The album eventually sold 2 million copies worldwide. To support the album, four singles were released. Included in that set is
3542-458: The band had shifted from a post-punk -focused sound to a more dance -oriented sound. A remix album of Tonight , titled Blood , was released in July 2009. Four years after the release of Tonight , the band released their fourth studio album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action , in August 2013. In 2015, Franz Ferdinand and American rock band Sparks formed the supergroup FFS and released
3619-465: The band in 2017 after McCarthy left during the previous year, and Audrey Tait (drums, percussion) joined the band after Thomson left in 2021. The band are one of the more popular post-punk revival bands, garnering multiple UK top 20 hits. They have been nominated for several Grammy Awards and have received two Brit Awards —winning one for Best British Group—as well as one NME Award . The band's first single, " Darts of Pleasure ", just missed out on
3696-651: The band released Blood , a compilation album that includes dub music versions of songs from Tonight: Franz Ferdinand . The release was timed to coincide with Record Store Day . iTunes Festival: London 2009 , iTunes Store exclusive, was released in June as well. Also made for the Record Store Day, on 16 April 2011 Domino released the compilation Covers E.P. , which featured songs of Tonight: Franz Ferdinand played by Peaches , LCD Soundsystem , Stephin Merritt , ESG and Debbie Harry (who recorded in duet with
3773-420: The band released the title track from their fifth studio album, Always Ascending (2018), as its lead single. They revealed the album's release date, 9 February 2018, and announced dates for a world tour. Corrie joined the band for the recording sessions of the album, while Bardot joined after recording was completed. On 21 October 2021, the band announced through social media that Paul Thomson had departed
3850-552: The band was the latest in the line of art school rock bands featuring the Beatles , The Rolling Stones , The Who , Roxy Music , the Sex Pistols , Wire , Travis and Blur . On 7 September 2004, the album was awarded the 2004 Mercury Music Prize . "Take Me Out" gained first place in the Australian Triple J Hottest 100 for 2004, winning more than twice the votes of the second-place entry, with This Fire and The Dark of
3927-422: The band). The first edition was only vinyl, and on 2 May 2011 it was released on CD. Writing for a fourth studio album began in 2010. Kapranos stated that the band promised themselves they would also focus on not over-publicising their progress as he felt that's something he regretted about their previous album. In May 2012, the band returned to touring, playing several festivals during the summer of 2012 including
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#17328688313504004-547: The band, with Glasgow-based drummer Audrey Tait joining as his replacement, as well as confirming that studio recordings had been undertaken with Tait. The announcement was accompanied by a statement from Thomson and a photograph of him passing his drumsticks to Tait. Tait's debut performance with the band had taken place several weeks before the announcement, at the Balmain fashion show in Paris on 29 September. Franz Ferdinand released
4081-474: The candidacy of Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election of 2016 . It was released as part of the 30 Days, 50 Songs programme that featured 50 songs lyrically against Trump and his candidacy. On 19 May 2017, two days prior to the start of their North American tour, Franz Ferdinand announced their new five-piece line-up, with former Yummy Fur and 1990s member Dino Bardot on guitar and Julian Corrie on keyboards, synth and guitar. On 25 October,
4158-681: The departure of Paul Thomson. The band will tour the UK and Europe in the first half of 2025, beginning on 14 February in Lisbon and concluding in Glasgow on 7 March. Franz Ferdinand covered the LCD Soundsystem song " All My Friends " which appeared as a B-side on the single and LCD Soundsystem covered their song Live Alone in return, which appeared on a covers EP alongside Stephin Merritt , ESG and Debbie Harry who all covered songs from Tonight . They have also covered "Sexy Boy" by Air , "It Won't Be Long" by
4235-429: The film a rating of 72% based on 60 reviews, with the critical consensus "Carefully balanced between the dark and the dreamy, Mister Foe is a charged coming-of-age story with whimsy and bite." Metacritic , which assigns a weighted average out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated an average score of 62, based on 18 reviews. David Mackenzie (director) David Hugh Mackenzie (born 10 May 1966)
4312-756: The first major band playing at that year's festival. The band also unveiled a 19-date tour of the US during the spring, in support of the new album. The tour included a set at the Coachella Festival . The band were also one of the main stage acts performing at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Swindon in May. On 6 May 2009, it was announced that Franz Ferdinand would be the third opening act for the Green Day 's 21st Century Breakdown World Tour . They played 8–26 August 2009, and they followed Kaiser Chiefs and The Bravery . On 1 June 2009,
4389-493: The land on the estate, but Hallam is entitled to consultation under his mother's will . Hallam refuses to co-operate due to his suspicion of Verity. Hallam's hatred of Verity consumes him entirely, and he tries to drown her in the loch by his father's house. However, his humanity takes over and he revives her. Only at this point does his father reveal that he had made no attempt to prevent Hallam's mother from committing suicide. This revelation allows Hallam to realise that his anger
4466-590: The latter part of 2003, the band released their debut single, " Darts of Pleasure ". In January 2004, the single " Take Me Out " reached No. 3 in the UK charts. The album, Franz Ferdinand , was released in early 2004, debuting at No. 3 in the UK Albums Chart in February 2004, and at No. 12 in the Australian album charts in April 2004. The album only reached the lowest levels of the Billboard 200 album charts in
4543-517: The lyrics and plays the music for the song "The Eyes of Mars", while the actress is on vocals. Kapranos noted that it was refreshing working with her as she had a lot of fun going and retrying the song time and time again. In 2010, Franz Ferdinand contributed to the Alice in Wonderland soundtrack with their adaption of the song " The Lobster Quadrille ". Later that year, Kapranos and McCarthy collaborated on
4620-422: The many and varied influences behind the 1930s-style promo for second single "Take Me Out": "It's kind of two dimensional in a three dimensional style if that makes any sense. It's a montage of images; ourselves, pictures and things taken from other places and put together in a strange, abstract way. That's what gives the video that strange, jerky, style". The lyrics of "Do You Want To" make reference to parties at
4697-538: The members came together, they settled on the name Franz Ferdinand for their band. The name was originally inspired by a racehorse called Archduke Ferdinand. After seeing the horse win the Northumberland Plate in 2001, the band began to discuss Archduke Franz Ferdinand and thought it would be a good band name because of the alliteration of the name and the implications of the Archduke's death: his assassination
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#17328688313504774-524: The name thing. Basically a name should just sound good ... like music." Thomson concluded, saying "I like the idea that, if we become popular, maybe the words Franz Ferdinand will make people think of the band instead of the historical figure." In May 2003 the band signed to Laurence Bell's independent record label , Domino Recording Company . The band moved to Gula Studios in Malmö , Sweden, with Cardigans producer Tore Johansson to record their debut album. In
4851-421: The popularity of men's fringed hairstyles. Many of the videos to promote the band's singles take inspiration from Russian avant-garde much like their LP and CD sleeves. The avant-garde music video for "Take Me Out", directed by Jonas Odell , was inspired by Dadaism (especially Max Ernst's Une Semaine de Bonté ), Busby Berkeley choreographies and Russian constructivist design. Alex Kapranos explained
4928-424: The same bed. The next day, he asks her on a date and she rejects him. Later, she asks him to one of the hotel rooms and they have sex. When Hallam is watching Kate, Alasdair confronts her and begins to act violently. Hallam comes through the skylight to save her, which results in her finding out that he had been spying. She tells Alasdair to leave. She punishes Hallam by making him stand nude and explain to her why he
5005-496: The secret history of the 1930s American heartland, it chronicles the mythic conflict and bloody struggle between big money and the downtrodden, God and greed, charlatans and prophets. Damnation was picked up to series by the USA Network in May 2017 and was released by Netflix outside of the US. In 2018 Mackenzie's tenth feature film, Outlaw King , starring Chris Pine, Aaron Taylor-Johnson , Florence Pugh and Billy Howle ,
5082-734: The song "Do It Again" with Edwyn Collins on his album Losing Sleep . In 2016, Alex Kapranos took part in a documentary about Glasgow music and Chemikal Underground Records called Lost in France . The film was directed by Niall McCann and brought Kapranos (along with members of The Delgados , Mogwai and others) to Mauron , Brittany, to recreate a gig they played when Kapranos was in his earlier band, The Karelia . The film features Kapranos playing live with Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai, and other musicians such as Emma Pollock and RM Hubbert , and Holy Mountain , as well as interviews with Kapranos and his old label-mates. Lost in France premiered at
5159-472: The studio in Glasgow working on their follow-up album, You Could Have It So Much Better , which was released on 3 October 2005. The band initially intended to leave the album self-titled like their debut, but they changed it to You Could Have It So Much Better...With Franz Ferdinand before settling on the final title. The album's cover design was modelled on Alexander Rodchenko 's 1924 portrait of Lilya Brik . The band attempted to broaden its musical range on
5236-470: The world including Edinburgh , Bratislava and Philadelphia International Film Festivals. After Perfect Sense , Mackenzie directed the comedy musical You Instead (2011) [released as Tonight You're Mine in the United States]. The film stars Luke Treadaway and Natalia Tena as two rival rock stars who get handcuffed together for 24 hours at a music festival where they're both due to perform. It
5313-418: Was a significant factor in the lead-up to World War I . In an interview, Hardy recollected that "mainly we just liked the way it sounded. We liked the alliteration." Kapranos continued, saying "he was an incredible figure as well. His life, or at least the ending of it, was the catalyst for the complete transformation of the world and that is what we want our music to be. But I don't want to over-intellectualise
5390-721: Was co-devised with his daughter Ferosa and follows her experience turning 16 under lockdown. Mackenzie lives in Scotland with his partner Hazel Mall and their three children: Ferosa, Luke and Arthur. His father was Royal Navy Rear Admiral David John Mackenzie (3 October 1929 – 26 November 2015) who served from 1943 to 1984 and fought in Falklands War , and his mother was Ursula Sybil Balfour (31 January 1940 – 11 July 2015). They married in 1965 and both died in 2015. Short film BAFTA Scotland Awards British Independent Film Awards Along with producer Gillian Berrie, David Mackenzie
5467-514: Was filmed over five days at the Scottish music festival T in the Park in 2010. The cast and crew had to adopt a kind of guerrilla filmmaking approach to shoot amidst the chaos of a music festival. It premiered at both T in the Park in 2011 and Austin based music and film festival SXSW . Mackenzie's next film was the prison drama Starred Up (2013). It features Jack O'Connell as a young offender who
5544-440: Was inspired by the scene of disorder made by Margarita, a character of Michael Bulgakov 's " The Master and Margarita ", in the apartment of the literature critic Latunzky. Also, in "Outsiders", the lyrics "In seventeen years will you still be Camille , Lee Miller , Gala or whatever" are a reference to the lovers of the artists Auguste Rodin , Man Ray and Salvador Dalí . The band have been credited with helping to increase
5621-459: Was met with critical acclaim internationally. It was the highest grossing independent film of 2016 and its achievements have been recognised with four Academy Award nominations - including Best Picture - and several Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations. In late 2016, Mackenzie directed a TV pilot called Damnation for Universal Cable Productions and the USA Network . Described as an epic saga of
5698-410: Was released on 23 October. In July 2016, the band announced that guitarist Nick McCarthy would not be involved in the recording and touring of their next album, in order to concentrate on his family and other musical interests. The band, however, have stressed that it is possible he may rejoin the band at a later date. On 14 October 2016, the band released "Demagogue", a song protesting and satirising
5775-500: Was released on 6 July as the third single from the album and on 28 August, "What She Came For" was released as the 4th single in the form of a remix single. The band performed "What She Came For" on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien on Wednesday, 26 August 2009. The band appeared on Radio 1's live lounge performing their second single " No You Girls ", and did a cover of Britney Spears' comeback single " Womanizer ". In February 2009, Glastonbury Festival announced Franz Ferdinand as
5852-573: Was released on Netflix. The film depicts the story of Robert the Bruce during the Scottish Wars of Independence . The film is produced by Gillian Berrie and Sigma Films . On 30 June 2020 Mackenzie's short titled What is Essential? debuted on Netflix as part of their anthology series Homemade , which follows stories from 17 filmmakers from around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic . The short
5929-467: Was spying. She feels bad for him after he tells her about his mother and she lets him stay. She puts on the dress that Hallam keeps that used to be his mother's. When Hallam sees her, he cries, and they fall asleep together. At this time, Hallam's father and stepmother track Hallam down because of his having reported his suspicions about his mother's death to the police in Edinburgh. Hallam's father has run up significant debts and needs to develop some of
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