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This Search for Meaning review – slick reminder of radical rockers Placebo

Eye-opening archive footage and a Bowie appearance are the highlights in an otherwise polite but bland documentary

Today he sits in a studio with the expression of a cat that got the cream, insisting that he is not fussed about fame or celebrity – a statement slightly undermined by the fact he’s wearing sunglasses indoors. Dominic Harrison AKA Yungblud talks about the connection he felt to Placebo aged 13 putting on makeup in his bedroom: “You looked like what I wanted to be.” Benedict Cumberbatch says not very much in the back of a taxi. My favourite footage is of David Bowie, who took a shine to the band early on – and gives a handy demonstration of how to age with silliness, style and serious creative gravity every time he appears on screen.

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