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John Cooper Clarke

Acting · follow into films and chains

Biography

John Cooper Clarke is a seminal post punk English performance poet from Salford, Greater Manchester. Along with The Fall, The Smiths, Joy Division and New Order, John Cooper Clarke remains one of the most distinguished voices of the region.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Control

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

As Self (Archive Footage)

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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Love in the Ruins

From the Sex Pistols' collapse to the quiet ache of post-punk, a chain of films where rebellion and romance burn together, and the fallout is everything.

8 films

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