“There are only two eras in pop: before Thriller and after Thriller,” says US music journalist Steve Ivory in the new documentary Thriller 40. BDLife was granted exclusive access to the film on the story behind the making of the best-selling album of all time, ahead of its worldwide premiere on Saturday. Forty years after the release of Michael Jackson’s Thriller, the film takes a trip back in time to reveal the experience of making the album that revolutionised pop music. The story also retraces the production of the accompanying short films that forever redefined the music video format.
Thanks to never-before-seen footage and exclusive interviews, Thriller 40 chronicles the creation of a global phenomenon that crowned the King of Pop.
