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- MUBI is releasing 'PULP: What Do You Do for an Encore?' — a concert film directed by Garth Jennings ('Son of Rambow,' Illumination's 'Sing') documenting one of Pulp's two 20,000-fan nights at London's O2 Arena.
- The film weaves in decades of archival footage and exclusive interviews with Jarvis Cocker, who describes 1998's 'This Is Hardcore' as 'like being in a very dark tunnel' and explains why the band pivoted creatively afterward.
- Cocker elaborates on the creative process: 'You have to wait' until time passes to know if there's 'anything else I want to say,' stressing that artistic output 'can't be forced.'
- Beyond the 20 songs performed live, the film captures lighter offstage moments — including Cocker and band member Candida Doyle laughing about a host using the phrase 'top yourself' and Cocker promoting Doyle's tapestry work.
- The film premieres in U.S. theaters for one night only on September 24, then becomes available on MUBI beginning September 25.
- The project builds on Pulp's reunion tour momentum, tracing the band's path from Sheffield misfits to international megastars.
Why it matters: The one-night-only theatrical window on September 24 — followed by MUBI streaming September 25 — gives fans who missed Pulp's 20,000-strong O2 Arena shows a definitive document of the band's reunion-era comeback, pairing the live set with decades-spanning archival context that explains why they stepped away after 1998.
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