2024-04-15 02:25:22
The biographical films are already part of the film industry of recent years. Talking about deceased music stars seems essential in this topic to which they belong.e Back to Blackwhich aims to pay tribute Amy Winehousedied in 2011.
Directed by Sam Taylor Johnson, a British filmmaker who in 2009 made Nowhere Boybased on the life of former Beatle, John Lennon; Back to Black seeks to focus on the catastrophic aspects of the life of the interpreter of You Know I’m No Good.
Although the origin of Southgate, London, had a couple of love affairs in his life, some with more significance than others, the film firmly portrays his relationship with Blake Fielder-Civil, who hastily married her, and through whom he met the heroine in the middle of a turbulent marriage, because when they met and got married, he had a girlfriend.
The movie does not notice the violence that he exerted against the music star, as it shows how his attempts to detoxify, despite having introduced his ex-wife to heroin and a fear that Amy left him for “someone more famous”, are the reasons why he asked for a divorce in 2009, and that left him a tumult against which he fought alone.
Back To Black had initially been described as an effort to showcase the creativity and genius of Amy Winehouse, but it is what is least seen in the film, as it really focuses on the decline of his love life, his addictions and his process of self-destruction.
Even one of the great collective criticism It has been that they focus so much on her life off stage, that it is not considered how she gave the presentations in an inconvenient state, much less her last presentation in the grade, where she went on stage so intoxicated that she forgot her own lyrics. , as well as the names of the members of his band, which earned him boos from the public.
The film is closer to the behind-the-scenes life of Winehouse, than on stage and the wonder of their music.
Starring Marissa Abela as Amy, Share credits with Jack O´Conell, Eddie Marsan y Leslie Manvillein the heartbreaking account of just over two hours of a promise of the Jazz and the R&B, which ended with his death from poisoning in 2011 at the age of 27.
His life was previously covered in Amy, directed by Asif Kapadia and although he won a Oscar as Best Documentary in 2015, prior to his debut in Cannes, The family publicly condemned the film for trying to show the star in the “worst possible light,” they noted.
WHAT DOES INTERNATIONAL CRITICISM SAY?
The film has been released only in United Kingdom and on site Rotten Tomatoes, although there are very few reviews, Back to Black It has a total of 48 percent acceptance and mixed reviews.
“A strong cast, particularly a moving performance by Marisa Abela, but it is not enough to effectively convey the chaos and central tragedy of the story of such a beloved artist,” said Linda Marric of Hey U Guys.
“Tells the story of Amy Winehouse but he shows no passion in telling it and has nothing to say about the events that happen. “It’s the minimum of what a biopic can be,” said William Bribanni of The Wrap.
“In her attempt to put women back at the center of her own life, Taylor-Johnson has at least captured an addictive personality and achieved a powerful portrait of a doomed love,” she says in her review. Kate Mossman of New Stateman.
“You’re sure to learn more (and hear more of the original recordings) in the great documentary Amy of Asif Kapadia, but Taylor Johnson does a decent job of creating a tight drama from the same tragic thread,” Donald Clarke highlighted in his positive review of the Irish Times.
Acceptance by the audience is not yet public on the site.
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