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Back To Black: Why The Controversial Amy Winehouse Biopic Doesn't Work | Explained

Back To Black: Why The Controversial Amy Winehouse Biopic Doesn't Work | Explained

FromThe Take


Back To Black: Why The Controversial Amy Winehouse Biopic Doesn't Work | Explained

FromThe Take

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Length:
15 minutes
Released:
May 21, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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Amy Winehouse was a one-in-a-generation talent plagued by inner demons and tabloid-splashed controversy, but who through it all brought a spark of life and joy to the world and filled the airwaves with her incomparable voice and witty lyrics. The new biopic of the star, Back to Black, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and starring Marisa Abela was an opportunity to take a deeper examination of Amy’s inner life and her work, but instead seems mostly interested with a more surface level (and, in many cases, sanded down) look at the star’s life. So what did the film get right and wrong about Amy’s life and story? And why does it, in the end, totally fall flat as a biopic of such a larger than life, interesting person?
Released:
May 21, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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