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Julian Temple: From a Dandy to a Rogue

Chris Bohn, New Musical Express, 19 February 1984

PORTRAIT OF THE CAMBRIDGE FOP AS FILM MAKER

Julian Temple, a Cambridge history graduate, was rescued from the National Film School, by The Great Rock And Roll Swindle. Though it is his one feature to date, he has seen other notable projects shelved — the controversial Granada TV series Teenage — or spirited away — Mandrake The Magician. In the meantime he has become Britain's most in-demand pop promo maker and is currently completing a film with ABC. From such slim evidence it is still obvious he is the native director best equipped to tackle the dying beast of British culture.

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