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 - Senjutsu - Super Deluxe Box Set - EX - UK - cd album box set - £49.99, $62.49, €58.49 (New Item) (arrived 05-May-2024 10:36)on May 5, 2024 at 3:42 pm
IRON MAIDEN Senjutsu (2021 UK/EU Limited Edition Super Deluxe Box Set featuring 2-CDs, a Blu-ray Disc, a custom made envelope with three memorabilia art cards, a mini-movie poster of The Writing On The Wall, a 3D Lenticular mini-posterof the cover art, printed paper with instructions to create an origami helmet and a 28-page booklet. Housed inside a deluxe box with artwork in the Japanese lacquer style, lift up lid & artwork divider complete with wrap-around obi-style strip.The packaging is Excellent with only minor shelf wear and the contents are Near Mint)
- Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes To Midnight - 4pr - UK - 7" vinyl - £20.00, $25.00, €23.40 (New Item) (arrived 03-May-2024 17:35)on May 5, 2024 at 3:42 pm
IRON MAIDEN 2 Minutes To Midnight (Classic 1984 UK 7" vinyl single with intact four prong centre and black & silver label design, also including Rainbow's Gold. The glossy flipback card picture sleeve features the classic image of Eddie sitting on a wall holding a gun with an atomic bomb explosion behind him, printed with the UK tour dates for the legendary World Slavery Tour listed on the reverse and shows minimal wear to the opening edge while the vinyl shows just a few signs of play EMI5489)
- Iron Maiden - Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter - Card Sleeve - UK - 7" vinyl - £30.00, $37.50, €35.10 (New Item) (arrived 03-May-2024 17:15)on May 5, 2024 at 3:42 pm
IRON MAIDEN Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter (1990 UK Special Edition single sided 7" vinyl single, also including I'm A Mover with an Autograph Etching on the b-side, card picture sleeve displaying The Reaper 'Eddie' artwork EMS171)
- Iron Maiden - Bring Your Daughter.... To The Slaughter - UK - 7" picture disc - £50.00, $62.50, €58.50 (New Item) (arrived 03-May-2024 17:16)on May 5, 2024 at 3:42 pm
IRON MAIDEN Bring Your Daughter.... To The Slaughter (1990 UK limited edition 7" Picture Disc single, their only number one hit single to date, also including I'm A Mover, top-opening 'brain pack' picture sleeve. The sleeve shows a fewsmall residual sticker marks whilst the disc looks barely played EMPD171)
- Iron Maiden - From Here To Eternity - Etched - UK - 7" vinyl - £30.00, $37.50, €35.10 (New Item) (arrived 03-May-2024 17:19)on May 5, 2024 at 3:42 pm
IRON MAIDEN From Here To Eternity (1992 UK limited edition single sided laser etched injection moulded 7" vinyl single, featuring the Triumph Mix of the title track and Roll Over Vic Vella, paper picture sleeve featuring a great shot of the band taken from the video whilst Eddie was awol. The sleeve shows minimal wear whilst the vinyl shows very little evidence of play, a fantastic example. But the most important question to ask, where is eddie? EMS240)
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