The Big Melt

The Big Melt
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Directed byJarvis Cocker and Martin Wallace
Produced by
Music byJarvis Cocker
Release date
  • 12 June 2013 (2013-06-12)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Big Melt (later subtitled How Steel Made Us Hard) is a documentary film about the Sheffield steel industry directed by Jarvis Cocker and Martin Wallace. It combines archive footage with a live soundtrack. The film was commissioned by BBC Storyville and BBC North, in association with the BFI.