Published On Jul 7, 2019
Bill Drummond is on tour... for the rest of his life.
Filmed in Kolkata, India, and in Lexington, North Carolina, Drummond does his self-imposed 'work' – building beds, baking cakes, making soup, shining shoes – to the variously amused, perplexed or annoyed reactions of those around him.
Made by a team including Oscar-nominated cinematographer Robbie Ryan & Emmy-winning producer Robert Gordon, Best Before Death follows Drummond over two years of the 12-year World Tour which Drummond expects to take him the rest of his life to complete.
“Four Stars ... a far more interesting and entertaining portrait of an inscrutable artist than the usual documentary primers we tend to get.” (The Scotsman)
Directed by Paul Duane, Produced by Robert Gordon
Cinematography (Kolkata) Robbie Ryan B.S.C., (Lexington) Patrick Jordan
Sound (Kolkata) Kevin Pinto, (Lexington) Michael Hunkele
Editor Tony Cranstoun A.C.E.
Executive Producers, John Caulkins, Andy Starke & Ben Wheatley (for Rook Films)
Celine Haddad (for Screen Ireland/Fís Éireann)
Finlay Pretsell (for Scottish Documentary Institute)
Tony Nellany (for BBC)
Screenworks and Screen Ireland/Fís Éireann, Media Ranch, Rook Films
in association with Scottish Documentary Institute & BBC present
Best Before Death
Distributed by Anti-Worlds