return to darkness

Demario 2022-12-03 18:26:31

Amy Winehouse, born in London in 1983, died of a drinking overdose at home in 2011 at the age of 27. Amy is a genius who died young, and it is sad to see that the various factors behind her enormous achievements pushed her to death.
The whole film is built on Amy Wise's past private images and a few public performances, so what the audience sees is mostly Amy under the stage. At the beginning of the film, we see a family photo, In the camera is a cute and innocent girl with baby fat, that is Amy. Maybe she didn't know yet, how outstanding and excellent she will be in the future with a honeycomb hairstyle and exaggerated cat-eye makeup. With her talent and dedication to jazz, her career path began to reach the top. In just a few years, he has achieved a new figure, the peak of his life and the rapid fall. Come too fast, flash too bright, go too fast, this is Amy.
On the music: Amy said, "I think in my childhood, the music on the pop charts, the so-called music, the songs that were released at that time, I thought it was not music, it was all parallel imports or all dogs Shit. ... I started writing to challenge myself to see if I could write it, and there was really nothing at that time" Amy wanted to express herself, write her own experiences and her feelings into her own songs, in In her lazy hoarse voice, she talked about his expectations for her boyfriend and her obedience to her father. Five Grammys are enough to prove her excellence. But God will always take a bite on your apple, given the perfect musical talent, will not give you the man you want the most.
Emotionally, Amy's love affair is a disaster. She is a fragile woman with a bright and beautiful surface, but she is extremely insecure behind her. The absence of her father's love in her childhood made her have a strong sense of dependence on men. Blair's love affair has begun to degenerate her, and she has not chosen to let go. And the father's love that was originally missing turned out to be not a good thing in the end.
A man is destined to be something Amy can't ask for. An excessive obsession with a man is often because she didn't get the love that a man should have given, so her love for Blake has come to the point where she can die for it. When she started doing drugs with Blake, the blurry singing in Cornwall was both regrettable and distressing. After repeated drug rehabilitation, he finally won the Grammy Award in 2008. Because of drug use, Amy was refused a visa by the US authorities and could not come to the Grammy scene. In London, Amy stared at the screen with wide eyes, her idol When Tony presented her the album of the year, she was shocked and excited, but she said to her friends, "This moment is really boring without drugs." Drugs have become a vital part of her life. Behind the glittering trophy is such an unknown bitterness, and drugs are clearly more important to Amy than the Grammys, and I admit to my despair when I heard that.
The arrival of success also made Amy panic. She didn't know how to deal with being pushed to success. "When a lot of money and expectations are put in jeopardy, people's thinking becomes a little distorted, and they want to try to solve things. , but I don’t want to affect the money that is rolling in far away,” said the drug counselor, and in the next performance, Amy did her best to make it worse, she even threw the wine in her hand. Offstage, her candid character made her constantly show her bad mood in front of the public, which was undoubtedly a huge gold mine in the eyes of the media, and at the same time pushed her to the brink of collapse. Just when the negative comments in the society broke out in the media, who actually thought that she was just a jazz singer, and she was not very old. After that, alcohol replaced drugs as another killer of Amy's death.
Amy chose to stay away from the crowds to St. Lucia, and at this time her father came here with the media. This father is definitely a "good father". Not even a little bit of protection for her daughter, this is the great power of money and a good manifestation of the ugliness of human nature.
In 2009, Blake filed for divorce. In the interview, he said, "Why should I waste time with her." This man who used to be a drug addict and is now well-dressed is the love of Amy's heart, and it has also become a pain in Amy's heart. . In March 2011, the impetuous performance of the recording with her idolized singer Tony formed a strong contrast with the poised Tony, she said "I just don't want to waste your time" but in fact Tony is not Blake.
Amy's last performance was at Kalemegdan Castle in Serbia a month before her death. This time, she stumbled and stumbled on the stage, at a loss, her back was thin and helpless, and she didn't want to sing.
Amy died at home a few weeks later.
Tony said to her after her death, "Slow down, you are too important, life can teach you how to live, if you can live long enough", but life didn't have time.
Tan Dun said: "There are two kinds of music, one that shakes the flesh and the other that shakes the heart." Amy Wise's vicissitudes of life tells her story and touches the hearts of listeners. In a commercial society, she was originally supposed to be a work of art for people to watch, but in the end she became a commodity for people to play with. The fall of a superstar is not only because of drugs and alcohol, but also because of the scumbags in her life. , and this society. Her voice was unadorned, like a piece of sandpaper, and now I listen to the voice of the dead person, and the flying eyeliner and black hair in front of her are still as clear as yesterday.

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  • Torey 2022-05-26 19:16:29

    This documentary can completely ignore the technical aspects of the discussion. A true film about Amy, those random clips that were shot at that time, reveal the restlessness under the threat of fame and wealth. Amy and Saint Laurent are so similar. They are well-known in the industry when they are young, and their talents bring more than fame and wealth and life under the light of exposure. It's not that she is incapable of facing it, but that she has become famous when she should learn how to face it.

  • Milan 2022-05-26 17:48:07

    The material organization is so good. Amy’s innocence in the face of music, fame, love, friendship, family love, drugs, and other issues has been dug out by the director, and the fragility that comes with it, it’s still hard to tell who is at fault. Her boyfriend's father, drugs, flash, alcohol, indulgence, indulge in fragility, to some extent, even her voice and natural talent were the culprits that afternoon.

Amy quotes

  • Sam Beste: She had one of the most pure relationships to music. Such an emotional relationship to music. It's like she needed music, as if it was a person, and that she would die for it.

  • 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?