The Cure Show (1993)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Directors:

Leroy Bennett
Audrey Powell

Release Date:

27 August 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Cast

Robert Smith	...	Himself
Simon Gallup	...	Himself
Porl Thompson	...	Himself
Boris Williams	...	Himself
Perry Bamonte	...	Himself

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

UK

Color:

Black and White | Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

UK:15

Company:

Fiction Film & Television Limited

Trivia:

After the film was completed, Robert Smith viewed it, and dissatisfied spent three months in the editing room re-cutting everything in order to make it the way he felt it should be in order to capture the style of The Cure.

A great document of one of The Cure's FINEST tours.

First off, here's the setlist:

Open, High, Pictures of You, Lullaby, Just Like Heaven, Fascination Street, A Night Like This, Trust, Doing The Unstuck, The Walk, Let's Go To Bed, Friday I'm In Love, Inbetween Days, From The Edge of The Deep Green Sea, Never Enough, Cut, End, To Wish Impossible Things, Primary, Boys Don't Cry, Why Can't I Be You?, A Forest.

This is a superb concert video. This was filmed on the Wish tour, during which The Cure had really started to hit their live performing peak. You get to see Porl Thompson in action, who was without question The Cure's best guitarist (he later went on to tour with Page & Plant, so you know he's good), on his last tour with The Cure, which is a real treat. And Robert's guitar skills here are revealed to be not far behind Porl's.

Some highlights: "A Night Like This", "Friday I'm In Love", "From The Edge of The Deep Green Sea", "Never Enough", "Boys Don't Cry", and "A Forest", which as hardcore Cure fans know, is probably the highlight of any live set from the Wish tour, as it always clocks in at over 14 minutes with Simon playing the final bass notes long after the rest of the band has stopped. You even get to see Robert dancing (yes, dancing) during "The Walk".