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How Sheffield Film Tales From A Hard City set the Scene for Pulp’s Different Class
Daniel Dylan Wray argues that the depiction of Steel City life in a little-known 1995 film (currently being celebrated in an art exhibition and series of screenings) acts as a "companion and contrast piece" to Jarvis Cocker & co's commercial breakthrough, released the same year. Black and white still photography by Bill Stephenson.
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