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FORMAT:.......................: MKV
CODEC:........................: X264
GENRE:........................: Music Video
FILE SIZE:....................: 327 MiB
RESOLUTION:...................: 720*406=16:9
FRAME RATE:...................: 25.000 fps
AUDIO AAC: ...................: 128 Kbps
LANGUAGE:.....................: English
SUBTITLES:....................: NONE
RUNTIME:......................: 49mn 9s
ENCODER:......................: oneanight

Blondie's album Parallel Lines captured the spirit of 1970s New York at a
time of poverty, crime and an exploding artistic life, selling 16 million
copies. This is the story of that album, that time and that city, told
primarily by the seven individuals who wrote, produced and performed it.
It was a calculated and painstaking endeavour to produce surefire hits
whatever it took.

The film follows Debbie Harry and the rest of the Blondie crew as they head
into the studio to record their game-changing album with producer
Mike Chapman. It also features commentary from Harry herself about writing
music, the media's focus on her appearance and lyrically inspirational
ex-boyfriends.

In 1978 the New York band Blondie had two punk albums behind them and were
establishing a name for themselves at the club CBGBs on New York's Lower
East Side. Then Chrysalis Records exec Terry Ellis saw them and spent a
massive $1m buying out their recording contract. He had to ensure that their
next album was a hit - there was no room for error. To do this he brought
in maverick Australian record producer Mike Chapman, who already had a
string of hits under his belt. Mike's job was to turn this crew of New York
punks into world stars - but did they have the popular songs which would
appeal to a wider non-punk audience?

At a time when rich creativity and grinding poverty and drug abuse were hand
in hand on the sidewalks of the Lower East Side, the music and lyrics of
Parallel Lines celebrated and captured this vibrant and edgy chemistry
shooting the band to international stardom.

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