Still catching up on last few days' screenings before launching into today's.
Alongside Allende, yesterday's other big highlight was Asif Kapadia's very powerful Amy Winehouse Documentary which I queued for c.1.5 hours to ensure seeing! Asif is a University of Westminster alumnus and has been a great supporter of the Regent Street Cinema which we have been renovating (now open to the public - see Shira MacLeod's fab programme for May/June via the RSC link).
Amy tells the story of the singer- songwriter's extraordinary talent and rapid rise to a vertiginous level of fame. It deftly assembles a plethora of images, interviews, home video, news and other archive footage, underscored by a tracks adroitly selected from her very personal songs to explore her erratic oscillation between resilience and vulnerability and her battle with drugs and alcohol. The film casts a bitingly critical light on the voracious agents of life in the public eye, influential figures close to her and the multiple interests at play in relentlessly keeping the show on the road which contributed to the ultimate tragedy of her untimely death? Absolutely compelling and moving film - with moments that are at times excruciating to watch.
More anon...
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