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1. ›Back to black, The devastated Amy Winehouse biopic. 🎞️🍿@yulilemus569d

   

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   Hola Hivers cinéfilos, espero estén bien. Sin duda los biopic son de las películas que más disfruto ver, me ayuda a conectar y conocer mucho más con los protagonistas de las historias, obviamente no todo está tal cuál como ocurre en la vida real pero cuando una historia esta bien contada te llega mucho más, hace poco ví Back to black el biopic de Amy Winehouse y quedé devastada con esta película, son muchas cosas sobre que reflexionar pero aquí van mis impresiones.

   Hello Hivers cinephiles, I hope you are well. Without a doubt biopics are the movies I enjoy watching the most, it helps me to connect and get to know much more with the protagonists of the stories, obviously not everything is as it happens in real life but when a story is well told you get much more, I recently saw Back to black the biopic of Amy Winehouse and I was devastated with this movie, there are many things to reflect on but here are my impressions.

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   La historia nos muestra a una joven Amy que en su momento no era muy conocida, hicia lo que más le gustaba en la vida que era hacer música siempre dándole ese toque único que solo ella le pudo dar, su abuela es una de sus más grandes inspiraciones y se verá muy reflejado en su futuro incluso en su forma de vestir y de su icono peinado, su manera de hacer música y actuar, esta es una de las relaciones más bonitas y verdaderas que podemos ver en la cinta se nota que su abuela la quería muchísimo y sin duda su perdida fué muy dolorosa, además de esto, de su familia no se habla mucho, conocemos a su padre quién era un taxista y luego se convirtió en su manager y Blake el personaje que más odie de la cinta, él fué su pareja por mucho tiempo, tenían una relación de altos y bajos, terminaban y volvían y sin duda era una relación muy tóxica, pero aquí vamos con la primera crítica y es que siendo que a este señor lo glorificaron o lo hicieron ver que era una buena persona cuando sin duda fué uno de los que llevó la vida de Amy a la mierda.

   The story shows us a young Amy who at the time was not well known, she did what she loved most in life which was making music always giving it that unique touch that only she could give, her grandmother is one of her greatest inspirations and will be reflected in her future even in the way she dresses and her iconic hairstyle, her way of making music and acting, this is one of the most beautiful and true relationships that we can see in the film, you can see that her grandmother loved her very much and certainly her loss was very painful, besides this, her family is not much talked about, we know her father who was a cab driver and then became her manager and Blake the character I hate the most in the film, he was her partner for a long time, they had a relationship of ups and downs, they ended and returned and it was certainly a very toxic relationship, but here we go with the first criticism and that is that this man was glorified or made to see that he was a good person when no doubt he was one of those who took Amy life to shit.

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   Me hubiera gustado ver el lado más creativo de esta chica, como componía sus canciones, como llego a tener una imagen tan imponente, y ver un poco más de su evolución, pero se entiende que Amy fué una cantante tan polémica y no precisamente por su música y aquí vamos a unos de los temas más sensibles, sus adicciones y es imposible no hablar de esto, el deterioro de su cuerpo e incluso de su salud mental y física es algo doloroso, y es algo que no pasó de la noche a la mañana, no puedo creer como dejaron que ella llegara a estás circunstancias sabiendo y viendo que las cosas no estaban bien, es algo absurdo y en la película se trata muy superficialmente imagino para respetar su memoria pero que doloroso, sobre todo por no saber que estaba rodeada con las personas incorrectas, la salud mental es un punto focal muy importante, si tú mente no está bien, nada estará bien, yo sencillamente no paré de llorar con el final de la película.

   Espero puedan ver está película para que me den sus opiniones, espero este post les haya gustado e inspirado, nos vemos pronto, gracias por tu tiempo.

   I would have liked to see the more creative side of this girl, how she composed her songs, how she came to have such an imposing image, and see a little more of her evolution, but it is understood that Amy was such a controversial singer and not exactly for her music and here we go to one of the most sensitive issues, her addictions and it is impossible not to talk about this, the deterioration of her body and even her mental and physical health is something painful, and it is something that did not happen overnight, I can't believe how they let her get to these circumstances knowing and seeing that things were not right, it is something absurd and in the movie it is treated very superficially I imagine to respect her memory but how painful, especially for not knowing that she was surrounded by the wrong people, mental health is a very important focal point, if your mind is not right, nothing will be right, I just couldn't stop crying with the end of the movie.

   I hope you can see this movie to give me your opinions, I hope you liked this post and inspired you, see you soon, thanks for your time.

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   ¡Gracias por leerme, hasta luego!

   Thank you for reading me, see you later !

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2. ›Movie Review: Back to Black (2024)@peerynt798d

   A biographical drama film about the life and times of Amy Winehouse, an incredibly talented and gifted musician. The film follows the singer’s career throughout the noughties (2000s). Filming locations included the outside of Winehouse's first flat in Camden Town, Primrose Hill cafe, Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, the Metropolis Studios in Chiswick, the Fitzroy Square and London Zoo; all related, in some way, to Amy Winehouse’s life.

   WHAT I LIKED

   • The film opens with a scene that turns into a small musical. This is, in my opinion, one of the strongest parts of “Back to Black” as it shows a family gathering, most of whom are musicians. Amy Winehouse grew up surrounded by music and with people who know how to perform it.
   • There is indeed a lot of music in this biopic. The actress Marisa Abela, who plays Amy Winehouse, does live music performances in various settings, starting from Amy’s living room to The Dublin Castle pub in Camden town to BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, to her performance at Grammys.

   _{Marisa Abela as Amy Winehouse in "Back to Black" biopic. Source}

   • The framing and screen time Marisa Abela gets. Nothing gets missed in this sense; iconic beehive hairstyle, winged eyeliner, signature tattoos, Star of David, Amy Winehouse’s clothing choices. Same approach applies to production design. Every visual detail had been carefully considered to create the sense of authenticity and retaining fidelity.
   • The scene where Amy Winehouse meets her future husband Blake Fielder-Civil (played by Jack O'Connell) for the first time. The performance of O’Connell and dialogues instantly change the film’s tone, creating a juxtaposition between ‘before’ and the great moment of greatness of acting. The effect of the scene is such as if the film had been plugged to additional source of energy. Unfortunately though, that ends up being a highlight rather than a constant quality there.

   WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE

   • “Back to Black” suffers from the syndrome that is all too prevalent in contemporary filmmaking and tv series, and this syndrome is characterized by relying on editing to cater to expectations of the audience or retain fidelity to source material, or both. Throughout the film there are scenes that are relatively clear statements about what parts and why they each cover in the life story of Amy Winehouse. Sure, that’s what biopics are supposed to feature, but the problem is, the decisions that had likely been made during both, storyboarding process and editing, become all too obvious, to the point where they affect the turbulence and flow of the film. One of the worst impressions one can get these days while watching a biopic or something based on real life events is that the scene had to be included right there and then because the fear of online backlash over its absence or different type of inclusion is greater than fear of the scene’s substance, contents being criticized. I’m thinking particularly of Amy grandmother Cynthia’s part, played by Lesley Ann Manville (Princess Margaret in the final two seasons of “The Crown” series) as an example, when writing this. Watching scenes with her I felt like I’m being told “this is the inspiration and influence Amy’s nan had on her”, “this is how Amy felt about her gran’s passing” et al. If I didn’t know any better, I’d probably leave a comment online about how emotionally touched I had been by those scenes in the film. But the truth is, I wasn’t. The truth is, I think I shouldn’t feel like I’m being told anything as part of Amy Winehouse’s curriculum in the first place. There is a difference between “show and tell” and “show, don’t tell”.
   • Connected to some of the aspects mentioned above is the fact “Back to Black” doesn’t come across as a film about noughties. This is, in my opinion, the worst part about it. Amy Winehouse’s career happened during the decade, when Lindsay Lohan starred in “Mean Girls”, Jonathan Rhys Meyers was *making history sexy* in The Tudors series, Guy Ritchie filmed “RocknRolla”, Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller wrote and directed (alongside Quentin Tarantino) “Sin City” adaptation, people were leaving auditoriums puking during “Hostel” screenings. Tabloids loved excess, debauchery, decadence; sensations were still pretty much their monopoly as Facebook hadn’t yet become a thing. Humankind hadn’t yet been changed by availability of information online to strive and make well informed decisions. With that said, there is a palpable lack of the full scope of the world Amy Winehouse lived in in “Back to Black”. Not to say anything about the absence of the appearance of that world through the lenses of drugs and substance abuse. Take that away from stories like one of Amy Winehouse, and the fidelity goes out the window.

   I’m off to re-watch “Mulholland Drive” (2001).

   _{Marisa Abela as Amy Winehouse in "Back to Black" biopic. Source}

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