Well it's not like he wasn't trying to consult him
"Gill contacted Morrissey at various stages throughout the film-making process but as yet without reply. “I’m not saying we want his blessing,” says Gill, “but we’ve tried to show him the greatest deal of respect.” Johnny Marr – ever the affable ying to Morrissey’s surly yang – was more generous when Gill met him by chance at the Manchester International Festival earlier this year.
He was genuinely warm and genuinely flattered that we’d made a film about them,” Gill reveals. “And he had nothing but nice things to say – he said he knows people that have seen it and heard good things and he wants to see it. And I just said, ‘Well look, thanks for changing my life’. And he gave me a big hug.”
From the big issue. There's a nice video interview from billy Duffy out there as well who helped with the film and was also there making music with morrissey at the time