Richard Philpott

A pop video send-up, in which nothing gets started or finished and nothing makes sense – a typical clip narrative, in fact! – made up of slates, mistakes and out-takes mapped onto the driving rhythm of Axel F by Harold Faltermeyer (the theme of Beverly Hills Cop – hence the title). — Richard Philpott. The most vacuous promo yet made – a triumph — Julien Temple.

Describes continuing opposition by local people to government plans to build a motorway alongside Archway Road in North London, including an analysis of the profit-based motives for the scheme, an expose of the tactics of the pro-motorway lobby and a mass march by people in the community. Credit's acknowledgement to the people of Hackney, Islington, Holloway, Archway and Finchley and the facilities of the London Film-Makers Co-op.

The first in a series of newsreels made by a local co-operative production group about the recently revived schemes of the Department of Transport to build a motorway alongside Archway Road in North London, despite local opposition over the past fifteen years and three public inquiries. Composed of interviews in local pubs, meetings etc., footage of the area affected and found footage. In three parts, subtitled "Your home town?", "Road to nowhere (dead end)" and "Who wants it? Who needs it?".