From Ultimate Classic Rock.
Iron Maiden’s debut performance in Colombia has inspired a new film, The Night of the Beast.
The concert is regarded as a watershed cultural moment among the country’s fervent metal fanbase. On Feb. 28, 2008, thousands of fans packed Bogota’s Simon Bolivar Park to see the legendary band, with a portion of the performance later featured in the group’s Iron Maiden: Flight 666 documentary.
Variety describes the new movie as “an urban road trip” following two teenagers as they journey to attend the landmark event.
The Night of the Beast marks the feature film directorial debut of Mauricio Leiva-Cock, creator of the Netflix series Green Frontier. The Bogota-born filmmaker saw the project as a chance to shine a light on a seldom seen section of Colombian society. “It’s not the Colombian film that is usually seen through festivals. It doesn’t have the usual norms. It’s not a film about poverty, violence or death,” the director noted. “It’s a film about two teenagers going to a metal concert. Sometimes people don’t see these stories fitting into our narrative, when to me they are as much ours as anyone else’s.”
Several of the band’s songs will be featured in The Night of the Beast, including “Aces High” and “The Trooper.”
For the film, Leiva-Cock was determined to break traditional metalhead stereotypes. “We worked with many metalheads and it’s [a] huge group filled with everything, but especially immensely clever and self-educated people,” the director explained, adding that he was also annoyed by those who suggested the film needed to be more political. “To me it is far more political to talk about how culture, and specifically music, can become this tool against violence, or in this film specifically, the value of friendship — postures that are not intrinsically political, but which have to do with how we behave towards one another.”
The Night of the Beast is currently in in post-production, with release details yet to be announced.
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- Iron Maiden - Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter - P/S - UK - 12" picture disc - £45.00, $56.25, €52.20 (New Item) (arrived 24-Apr-2024 18:03)on April 25, 2024 at 3:23 pm
IRON MAIDEN Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter (1990 UK limited edition 3-track 12" Picture Disc single, also including a version of Free's 'I'm A Mover' and a cover of the Led Zeppelin classic 'Communication Breakdown', die-cut picture sleeve with Eddie Paradise Club illustrations to marry up with the A-side picture and a scythe wielding Grim Reaper Eddie on the other side. The sleeve has just a little wear to the edges whilst the disc shows no evidence of play. A really nice copy of their only number one hit single! 12EMPD171)
- Iron Maiden - Heavy Metal Army - Maiden Japan Live! + Obi - Japanese - 12" vinyl - £85.00, $106.25, €98.60 (New Item) (arrived 22-Apr-2024 14:31)on April 25, 2024 at 3:23 pm
IRON MAIDEN Heavy Metal Army - Maiden Japan Live! (1981 Japanese 4-track 12" vinyl EP, including live versions of Running Free, Remember Tomorrow, Killers & Innocent Exile recorded at Kosei Nenkin Hall in Nagoya, Japan on 23rd May 1981, picture sleeve with Japanese/lyric insert & matching obi-strip. The sleeve has minimal wear & the vinyl is in near mint condition EMS-41004)
- Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier - UK - CD album - £17.99, $22.49, €20.87 (New Item) (arrived 19-Apr-2024 12:24)on April 25, 2024 at 3:23 pm
IRON MAIDEN The Final Frontier (2019 UK limited edition remastered 10-track CD, thier Fifteenth studio album originally released in 2010, including El Dorado. The disc sits inside its own digipak picture sleeve which remains sealed within itscustom-stickered shrinkwrap)
- Iron Maiden - Best Of The Beast - UK - 2-CD album set - £35.00, $43.75, €40.60 (New Item) (arrived 19-Apr-2024 12:42)on April 25, 2024 at 3:23 pm
IRON MAIDEN Best Of The Beast (Rare 1996 UK limited edition 27-track picture printed Double CD set, lavishly packaged inside a superb 5" x 5" hardback book which includes lyrics, tons of pictures and the complete discography housed inside a stunning multi 'Eddie' pictured and stickered hard card slipcase which has some noticable edgewear and storage marks but nothing excessive. Now long deleted and hard to find, a true collectors item! CDEMDX1097)
- Iron Maiden - Virus - CD 1 & 2 + postcards - Sealed - UK - 2-CD single set - £95.00, $118.75, €110.20 (New Item) (arrived 19-Apr-2024 12:46)on April 25, 2024 at 3:23 pm
IRON MAIDEN Virus (Rare 1996 UK 6-track 2-picture CD single set including My Generation, Doctor Doctor, Sanctuary & Wrathchild. Both in digipak picture sleeves, the limited edition CD 1 is complete with outer card picture slipcase and five bonus colour postcards! Both sets sealed and unplayed CDEM/S443)
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