Saint Etienne: I’ve Been Trying to Tell You (Blu-ray)

Do you look back on the optimism of the 1997-2001 era as a lost golden age, or do you see it as a period of naïvety, delusion and folly? There’s a lot of nostalgia for the nineties, especially from people too young to remember it who see the decade as a simpler, pre-internet time. Modern nostalgia often draws on corporate American-90s mall culture, but what about British culture?

With I’ve Been Trying To Tell You – made to accompany the Saint Etienne album of the same name – director Alasdair McLellan evokes the era through the fog of memory. The resulting film, shot in locations from Grangemouth to Portmeirion to Southampton, is both beautiful and enveloping.

• Her Winter Coat (2021):  New Saint Etienne music video directed by Alasdair McLellan
• Hello Holly (2021):  New Saint Etienne music video directed by Alasdair McLellan
• Escalade (2021):  New Saint Etienne music video directed by Alasdair McLellan
• Access to All Alone /Infinity 21 (2021):  New Saint Etienne music video directed by Alasdair McLellan
• Bob Stanley and Alasdair McLellan in conversation (2021, 29 mins): the Saint Etienne co-founder and film director discuss the project
• Marc Jacobs Daisy Love Eau So Sweet:: TV advertisement starring Kaia Gerber, Aube Jolicoeur and Faith Lynch, directed by Alasdair McLellan
• Trailers
• Gallery of film stills
• **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** illustrated booklet with new writing on the film by Jason Wood and un-released images from Alasdair McLellan