27 and full stop

Paris 2022-12-13 13:59:22

Three and a half stars, if you like jazz and Amy, you can recommend it with four stars.

For Amy, like many others, amazed at her natural jazzy voice and improvisational ability, but at the same time saddened, regretful, and even a little angry about what happened outside the stage and the studio? But then again, if she had received complete fatherly love and a sound personality since she was a child, maybe she would not have been exposed to drugs, alcoholism and diet disorders, and would not have become a 27-year-old who is full of infinite possibilities for artists. Time to say goodbye forever. But then again, without all of the above vices and fetters, Amy might just be a mediocre female singer, wouldn't have the legendary Grammy and BRIT award-winning experience, or even join hands with jazz... Such a life may be considered decent for most people, but how boring would it be for Amy, a girl who said "Life is short. Have fun!" in her early twenties!

There is a famous 27-year-old club in the music industry, and the people in it are all 27-year-old geniuses. So did Amy, so did Jim Morrison of The Doors, so did Syd Barrett, the early core of Pink Floyd... so talented, so unwilling to succumb to a mediocre life, unwilling and unable to evenly distribute it among his 20 Years old, 30 years old, 40 years old, in just a few short years, he can make his talents full of talents, make listeners fascinated, and amaze the world. For example, fireworks of different colors have the brilliance to illuminate the entire night sky, but, fleetingly and fleetingly, fade into memories...

As far as the film itself is concerned, my experience is actually quite magical: I didn't know this natural singer who won 6 Grammys before watching it, so I followed the narrative rhythm of the film and lived through her short 10-year artistic life. By the way, I finished listening to several popular works (like EM, I wrote every word of my heart). Because I didn't know Amy, I basically viewed this documentary as a plot or even a suspense film. The director also seems to have played down the line of Amy's physical condition intentionally or unintentionally, repeating "Something bad is gonna happen" in several places. This bad thing has evolved from her breakup, drug addiction, alcoholism, and anorexia to attacking the paparazzi and emotional breakdown. In the end, she came to the end of her life after the music festival tragedy... In the film, her death was still very sudden for me. The audience in the front row who was "spoiled" suddenly covered their mouths in surprise before that scene. That's when I realized how serious this bad thing is. Sigh...

At the end of the film, Amy's heart sounded: "If I can go back, if I can get out to street with no hassle, I would..." Immediately after the director did not (chong) have (man) use ( Xin) heartily edited an old video: the innocent, heart-twitching smile that appeared on Amy’s face without any fear of the camera and malicious intent, which was probably The most recent moment of tears in the whole film. And I thought of an earlier scene: Amy went to Birmingham? During the performance, sitting in the back seat, she desperately covered her face with her clothes and did not dare to look at the camera. And such a picture was only more than 10 years before her death. A little sad for no reason...


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  • Yasiin Bey: I became aware of Amy in 2004. I'm a big jazz fan and I really liked what she was doing. I thought it was unique, I thought it was edgy. And sincere. And that's the thing I like most about Amy. She didn't have any airs. She was real... She was just a charming, sweet lady. I had a bit of a crush on her, to be honest. She was raw, she was fast with a blue joke, could drink anybody under the table, wasn't afraid to roll a smoke. Had a big, giant laugh, and was just a sweetheart, you know?

  • Amy Winehouse: Success to me is not success to the record company or whoever. Success to me is having the freedom to work with whoever I want to work with, to always be able to go to the studio when I have to go to the studio... I think the more people see of me, the more they'll realize that all I'm good for is making tunes. So leave me alone and I'll do it. I will do the music. I just need time to do the music.