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We Heart Music had the pleasure of previewing Back to Black, the new movie about Amy Winehouse, only in theaters this Friday, May 17th.
The film opens with a beautiful aerial view of the singer/songwriter running. The audience is left wondering if she is sprinting towards something or away from it. Marisa Abela cast as Amy was done well, from her head bobs to the fashion, down to her shoes. I, for one although I know I'm not the only one, was surprised when I learned she didn't lip sync the songs. In any case, the music had my toe tapping, as Blake's friend in the pub said about "Valerie," I felt it for all the tunes.
The story touches on all aspects of her life, the headlines that we saw from bulimia to the drug usage that inspired Rehab. Ms. Winehouse often says in the movie that she wasn't in it for the money or the "fame game." It's quite obvious though, that with a talent so strong and a voice so powerful, she was impossible to suppress. There are scenes sprinkled throughout with a yellow canary flying around her house. Although these are most likely a nod to Ava, the subject of the October song, the imagery is also synonymous with a freed bird from its cage.
She claimed to have wanted a "normal" life where she gets married and has kids. In the end, we learn that she is running towards her would be husband. The decision then is a joyful one hence a choice that anyone can relate to.
The film opens with a beautiful aerial view of the singer/songwriter running. The audience is left wondering if she is sprinting towards something or away from it. Marisa Abela cast as Amy was done well, from her head bobs to the fashion, down to her shoes. I, for one although I know I'm not the only one, was surprised when I learned she didn't lip sync the songs. In any case, the music had my toe tapping, as Blake's friend in the pub said about "Valerie," I felt it for all the tunes.
The story touches on all aspects of her life, the headlines that we saw from bulimia to the drug usage that inspired Rehab. Ms. Winehouse often says in the movie that she wasn't in it for the money or the "fame game." It's quite obvious though, that with a talent so strong and a voice so powerful, she was impossible to suppress. There are scenes sprinkled throughout with a yellow canary flying around her house. Although these are most likely a nod to Ava, the subject of the October song, the imagery is also synonymous with a freed bird from its cage.
She claimed to have wanted a "normal" life where she gets married and has kids. In the end, we learn that she is running towards her would be husband. The decision then is a joyful one hence a choice that anyone can relate to.
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