“Living on a bus is not to be recommended.”
We’re speaking to the ever prolific British director Michael Winterbottom about his new film, On the Road, in the decidedly calm confines of a publicity company’s meeting room, where the only wheel-based peril comes when we almost trip over an office chair on our way out at the end of the interview.
Despite a resume that includes various road movies (Butterfly Kiss, In This World, The Trip and its sequels) and films built around a clear love for music (24 Hour Party People, 9 Songs), On the Road is, somewhat surprisingly, Winterbottom’s first foray into the mode of the tour documentary. This is no ordinary rock doc, however…
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