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Venice Film Festival: ‘It’s like the rebirth of Jesus’: Oasis return

From Die Zeit · () German

Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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In-depth From a news agency Outcome reported
  • Liam and Noel Gallagher appeared together at the Venice Film Festival for the premiere of a documentary about Oasis’s reunion tour.
  • The brothers skipped the official press conference and arrived through a side entrance, greeting fans as “Wonderwall” played nearby.
  • The documentary explores their reconciliation after 15 years apart and the emotional significance of Oasis’s music for fans.

Liam and Noel Gallagher offered Venice an image few people associate with Oasis’s famously feuding brothers: laughing, embracing and holding hands.

It’s like the rebirth of Jesus.

· Not identified in the supplied sourceThe phrase appears in the headline describing Oasis’s return in Venice.

The band returned to the Venice Film Festival to present a documentary about its spectacular reunion tour. In the film, the Manchester rockers give their first joint on-camera interview in more than 20 years and suggest that their reconciliation came without a grand confrontation.

The Gallaghers also treated their festival debut in character. They skipped the afternoon press conference and avoided the official red-carpet entrance. Liam suddenly emerged from a side entrance of the Festival Palace, walked toward hundreds of fans and handed out fist bumps and autographs. Noel followed him. As the brothers appeared, “Wonderwall” rang out across the Lido.

They are British working-class men, so they will neither exchange high fives nor hug or cry.

· Steven KnightThe screenwriter described the understated reconciliation depicted in the documentary.

“Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger” traces how the brothers came back together after 15 years of silence. Screenwriter Steven Knight said the film’s version of the reconciliation reflected the brothers’ working-class British background. Liam acknowledged that he may have behaved badly because he missed Noel. Noel said, “It was all forgiven without a word being said,” adding that the things that once annoyed them had disappeared. Liam put the reunion more simply: “Music brought us back together.”

It was all forgiven without a word being said.

· Noel GallagherHe described how the brothers reconciled after their long estrangement.

Directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, the documentary focuses largely on what Oasis means to its fans. Concert footage from Cardiff, São Paulo and Manchester shows fans crying, embracing and singing. Some describe how songs such as “Don't Look Back in Anger” helped them deal with their past, while “Acquiesce” reminds another fan of a special friendship. The film offers only a few backstage glimpses, including Noel waiting for Liam to arrive at their first rehearsal.

Music brought us back together.

· Liam GallagherHe explained what reunited the brothers.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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