It Felt Like A Kiss

Slightly behind the times I may be, but nonetheless the film below is worthwhile watching, since the installation has long since finished.

It Felt Like a Kiss is a collaboration between master documentary maker Adam Curtis and Punchdrunk, with music by Damon Albarn.

It charts the story of America’s rise to power in the golden age of pop, and the unforeseen consequences it had on the world and in our minds. Beginning in 1959, the show spotlights the dreams and desires that America inspired during the ’60s, when the world began to embrace the country and its culture as never before.

The installation ran back in July as part of the Manchester International Festival and sprawled across 5 floors of a disused office building in Manchester. The experience blended music and interactive theatre with documentary; a disorientating whirl of a fairground ghost train, soundtracked omniously by Phil Spector's wall of sound.

Link to Adam Curtis' blog with 50 minute film It Felt Like A Kiss

He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss) - The Crystals