No Distance Left to Run is a documentary film

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

 about the British rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band Blur

Blur (band)

Blur is an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1989 as Seymour, the group consists of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Blur's debut album Leisure incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing...

, released in cinemas on 19 January 2010. Following the band during their 2009 reunion and tour, the film also includes unseen archive footage and interviews. It was released on DVD on 15 February 2010 region free

DVD region code

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 and the recording of the 2009 Hyde Park

Hyde Park, London

Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in central London, United Kingdom, and one of the Royal Parks of London, famous for its Speakers' Corner.The park is divided in two by the Serpentine...

 concert is included on a second disc.
It aired on BBC2 on 14 March 2010. It is the band's second documentary video, following Starshaped

Starshaped

Starshaped is a 1993 documentary film on the British band Blur. Conceived as a fly on the wall documentary, it became a collection of live performances, videos and festival footage, and band interviews....

seventeen years before in 1993.

DVD one

No Distance Left to Run

1. No Distance Left to Run (the film)
2. Theatrical trailer

DVD two

Live at Hyde Park (filmed 2 July 2009)

1. "Intro"
2. "She's So High
   She's So High
   "She's So High" is a song by Blur and was released as a double a-side with "I Know" on 15 October 1990 as their debut single, reaching #48 in the UK Singles Chart. Nevertheless, it was named NMEs single of the week and was included on Blur: The Best of over higher-charting tracks, an indication of...
   
   "
3. "Girls & Boys"
4. "Tracy Jacks"
5. "There's No Other Way
   There's No Other Way
   "There's No Other Way" is a song by Blur and was released 15 April 1991 as their second single. The song was the band's first top ten and top 40 hit and was also featured on the band's debut album Leisure. The single was also a minor hit in the United States, reaching number 82 on the Billboard Hot...
   
   "
6. "Jubilee"
7. "Badhead"
8. "Beetlebum
   Beetlebum
   "Beetlebum" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur. It was released as the lead single for the band's eponymous fifth album, Blur...
   
   "
9. "Out of Time"
10. "Trimm Trabb"
11. "Coffee & TV
    Coffee & TV
    "Coffee & TV" is a song by the British alternative rock band Blur. The verses are sung by the band's guitarist, Graham Coxon, who also wrote the lyrics. The music is credited to Damon Albarn, who also sings the chorus. The song appears on the band's sixth studio album, 13, released in 1999; and...
    
    "
12. "Tender
    Tender (song)
    "Tender" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur. It is the first track on Blur's sixth album 13 and was also released as the lead single before the album's release...
    
    "
13. "Country House"
14. "Oily Water"
15. "Chemical World
    Chemical World
    "Chemical World" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur, featured on their second album Modern Life Is Rubbish . It was released on 28 June 1993 as the second single from that album, equalling their previous release "For Tomorrow" at number 28 in the UK Singles Charts...
    
    "
16. "Sunday Sunday
    Sunday Sunday
    "Sunday Sunday" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur, featured on their second album, Modern Life Is Rubbish. It was released 4 October 1993 as the final single from that album, and charted at number 26 in the UK Singles Charts...
    
    "
17. "Parklife
    Parklife (song)
    "Parklife" is the title track from Blur's 1994 album Parklife. When released as the album's third single, "Parklife" reached #10 in the UK singles chart...
    
    "
18. "End of a Century
    End of a Century
    "End of a Century" is a song by Blur. It was the last single to be released from their third album Parklife and reached #19 on the UK Singles Chart in 1994. The video is a live performance recorded at Alexandra Palace....
    
    "
19. "To the End"
20. "This Is a Low
    This Is a Low
    "This Is a Low" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur for their third studio album, Parklife.- Music and lyrics :The song is in the key of E major and is in 4/4 time. In total, the song contains two verses, two choruses, a guitar solo and two further choruses. The music commences with a...
    
    "
21. "Popscene
    Popscene
    "Popscene" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur. It was released 30 March 1992 as a single. The low chart placing came as a confidence blow for the band, who were struggling financially at the time...
    
    "
22. "Advert"
23. "Song 2
    Song 2
    "Song 2" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur, the second track on and second single released from their fifth album Blur in April 1997...
    
    "
24. "Death of a Party"
25. "For Tomorrow
    For Tomorrow
    "For Tomorrow" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur. It is the lead track to their second album, Modern Life Is Rubbish . Released 19 April 1993 as the first single from the album, "For Tomorrow" charted at number 28 in the UK Singles Chart...
    
    "
26. "The Universal"

Reception

The film received mostly positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes

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 reports a 93% approval rating, based on 14 reviews.

Awards

In December 2010, No Distance Left to Run was nominated as Best Long Form Music Video

Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video

The Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video is an accolade presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally named the Gramophone Awards, to performers, directors, and producers of quality videos or musical programs...

 for the 53rd Grammy Awards

53rd Grammy Awards

The 53rd annual Grammy Awards were held on February 13, 2011, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. They were broadcast on CBS with a rating of 26.6 million viewers. Barbra Streisand was honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year two nights prior to the telecast on February 11. Nominations were...

. The situation was unique because this is the first time when Blur were up for a Grammy Award. Eventually they lost out to a documentary about The Doors

The Doors

The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger...

, When You're Strange

When You're Strange

When You're Strange is a 2009 documentary about the life of The Doors. It is written and directed by Tom DiCillo and for the first time makes material from Jim Morrison's 1969 film fragment HWY: An American Pastoral publicly available....

.

External links

• Press release from Arts Alliance Media website
• Information from EMI
  EMI
  The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
  
  website
• Blur website