Twenty three years ago, bill drummond ceased activities as part of the enormously successful pop group, the klf.since 2014, he's been on a world tour, travelling around the world with his show the 25 paintings visiting a different city each year'. '.strtoupper('i')n december 2016, he based himself in kolkata, while in the spring of 2018, he was in lexington, north carolina.in each place, he carries out his regular work, setting up a shoeshine stand in the street or building a bed in order to give it away.he walks across the longest bridge he can find, banging his parade drum at dawn, starts knitting circles with anyone who wants to join him, bakes cakes and offers them to strangers whose houses sit on a circle he's drawn on a map of the city.he's not rich, and he's deliberately designed his actions so they cannot be monetised'. '.strtoupper('h')e's mostly been ignored by the art world'. '.strtoupper('s')o what is he doing it all for'? '.strtoupper('d')irector paul duane shadowed bill drummond for three years before starting this film in order to achieve some level of understanding of what he's about'. '.strtoupper('c')o produced by grammy award winning writer robert gordon and shot by oscar nominated dop robbie ryan, the documentary is a fascinating look at an uncompromising artist.best before death is named after drummond's belief that the world tour, scheduled to end when he's 72, is a race against his own mortality.it's a film about life, death, art, money, music, and cake'. '.strtoupper('a')nd some knitting.extrashigh definition presentationoriginal stereo soundtrackaudio commentary with bill drummond and director paul duane 2020what is film'? '.strtoupper('2')020, 40 mins drummond interviews duane for his forty minute interviews projectdeleted scenes and alternative footage 110 mins extensive unseen footage from the film's productionthree short films from the 'best before death' project tenzing scott brown 2018, 3 mins, 23 seconds with bill drummond in the wig shop 2018, 2 mins, and big mike and the pike 2018, 3 minsthree early dramatic works by duane, united by their macabre themes ink 1988, 10 mins, blind alley 1992, 11 mins, and misteach bhaile Átha cliath the dublin mystic 1994, 33 minstheatrical trailerimage galleries behind the scenes photographyoptional english subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearinglimited edition exclusive booklet containing new writing by bill drummond, david keenan on best before death, an interview with paul duane, duane on his short films, and film creditslimited edition of 3,000 copies