At least a hurricane, if not a comet about to hit the earth. Grace jones bloodlight and bami 2017 part 1 video dailymotion. Reviewed in the united states on november 14, 2018. The public deserve a film with these important perspectives and bloodlight and bami just fails short of describing the truly. Jones, who was a local politician and apostolic clergyman. It is frustrating at times, even meandering, yet it captures jones appeal with terrific performances and shrewd editing. Bloodlight and bami 20172018 bluray cover ready to download and print. Bloodlight and bami at the london bfi southbank, each of the amazingly beautifully filmed song performances end by impulsive audience applause as if youre at the concert alternating with scenes that show grace jones s nature and her constant grasp at mastering happiness and trying to contaminate that. The clip offers an intimate look at the icons personal and public life. Bloodlight and bami synopsis electrifying concert performances and intimate, personal footage of singer and actress grace jones. The musical numbers in the movie are about the best i have ever seen in a. Pull up to the bumper for a tour of jamaica and the career of the fabulous grace jones. Grace jones on her doc bloodlight and bami, space concerts.
Bloodlight and bami opens with about as fine a welcome as you could ask for. Jones herself has said watching the film will be like seeing me almost naked and, indeed, fienness. Instead, the tense is immersively present, and our proximity to jones is allaccess. Yet here we also discover her as a lover, daughter, mother, sister and even grandmother, as she submits herself to our gaze and allows us to understand what constitutes her mask. Grace jones bloodlight and bami elliptically structured. A largerthanlife entertainer, an androgynous glampop diva, an unpredictable media presencegrace jones is all these things and more. Documentary maker sophie fiennes follows veteran artpop diva grace jones around the globe in her tiff openingnight premiere bloodlight and bami. Though the documentary itself is rather unfocused, the star at its centre is as compelling as ever. Apr 11, 2018 grace jones on new doc bloodlight and bami, space concerts and twerking lessons slave to the rhythm singerstyle icon on opening up for the camera, her black panther shoutout.
Bloodlight and bami that follows the popart icon before, during, and after a prerecorded tv performance shes giving in front of a studio. Now she has her own documentary, following her as she visits her jamaican family, records music and tours the world. Apr 12, 2018 theres a sequence in the documentary grace jones. Someone should feel free to make either or both of those. Apr 26, 2018 if youre looking for an encyclopedic portrait of jamaican dubdiscofunk diva grace jones, sophie fienness bloodlight and bami aint for you. Grace jones takes viewers behindthescenes as well as onstage in the new trailer for grace jones. This is a great film about iconic singer grace jones depicted with stage performances that include songs from her recent studio album from a couple of years back. Grace jones and sophie fiennes share a laugh at the world premiere of grace jones. These personal songs also link to graces family life, as the film takes us on a holiday road trip across jamaica, where her family roots and the story of her traumatic childhood are uncovered. Bei ihren extravaganten auftritten wirkte sie oft wie eine. The couple already had two children, and would go on to have four more.
Bloodlight and bami is the only documentary ive ever seen that cites a hat designer in its opening credits. The title card is well earned for hat master philip treacy, since grace jones brings a fierce chapeau game in nearly every scene of bloodlight. Bloodlight and bami, and monsters and critics was there to. Bloodlight and bami 2018 electrifying concert performances and intimate, personal footage showcase the life and talent of singer and actress grace jones. Fiennes unconventional film is far less concerned with the story of grace jones than with the. Tiff is a charitable cultural organization with a mission to transform the way people see the world, through film. This isnt a career retrospective or a treatise on the importance and wide influence of grace jones. A largerthanlife entertainer, an androgynous glampop diva, an unpredictable media presence grace jones is all these things and more. Grace jones documentary bloodlight and bami shows soft. Bloodlight and bami takes an unconventional approach to the rock biopic, resulting in a compelling experience for fans and an. Grace jones bloodlight and bami grace has a great sense of humor about her current career status as she takes on a couple of smaller gigs from her hardcore fanbase during the film to.
Grace jones and friends live promises to be thrilling and enlightening evening with the inimitable icon, as she discusses her. Bloodlight and bami trailer deutsch german untertitelt 2018 abonnieren. Grace jones was born in 1948 though most sources say 1952 in spanish town, jamaica, the daughter of marjorie nee williams and robert w. Bloodlight and bami, a documentary that resists retelling its subjects exploits in the club scenes of the 1970s and 80s, legends that director sophie fiennes says you can. Mar 22, 2018 kino lorber has revealed a brand new, fulllength official us trailer for the documentary grace jones.
Search for screenings showtimes and book tickets for grace jones. Grace jones throws shade at rihanna, kanye west, miley. Grace jones documentary bloodlight and bami shows soft side. This german expressionist masterpiece stomps its way onto bluray with an astonishing. As a black female popular singer, grace jones is one of the most iconic singers that the music industry around the world has ever produced. Bloodlight and bami and other popular tv shows and movies including new releases, classics, hulu originals, and more. Bloodlight and bami takes the viewer on an intimate and electrifying journey that moves between four cinematic layers performance, family, artist and traveller to explore the fascinating world of this pop cultural phenomenon. Mar 22, 2018 trailer for the documentary grace jones. Grace jones bloodlight and bami 2017 part 1larger than life, wild, scary and androgynous grace jones plays all these parts. Grace jones speaks about her documentary bloodlight and bami. Following a screening of the film on tuesday, june 5 at 7. Larger than life, wild, scary and androgynous grace jones plays all these parts. Does not really underscore why grace jones was and is a big deal.
Bloodlight and bami showcases the 69yearold music and fashion icon at her most fierce and most vulnerable. Once upon a time, singeractormodel grace jones, subject of the new documentary grace jones. Bloodlight and bami trailer german deutsch gbie2017, ot. Grace jones on a lifetime of doing whatever she pleases the. The official showtimes destination brought to you by trafalgar releasing.
This electrifying journey through the public and private worlds of pop culture megaicon grace jones contrasts musical sequences with intimate personal footage, all the while brimming with joness bold aesthetic. Bloodlight and bami posted on april 11, 2018 by rogerinorlando exotic, iconic, commanding, genderbending, the very model of sexy androgyny and disco decadence, grace jones has cast a broad shadow over popular culture in a career thats ventured from fashion show runways to james bond villains. Bloodlight and bami is an insightful documentary, directed by sophie fiennes without the trappings of a typical biopics. Sophie fienness documentary goes beyond the traditional music biography, offering a portrait as stylish and unconventional as its subject. Director sophie fiennes and grace jones speak to the media at the grace jones. Bloodlight and bami is a fascinating documentary about a consummate performer with an idiosyncratic personality statuesque, with a naturally superb physique and dramatic bone structure, the jamaicanborn musician, singer, model and performer grace jones is oneofakind.
She was one of the first supermodels, is arguably the most influential jamaican musician since bob marley, and even starred in an arnold schwarzenegger movie. After seeing this movie i would love to see a live concert. Bloodlight and bami 2018 this electrifying journey through the public and private worlds of pop culture megaicon grace jones contrasts musical sequences with intimate personal. Director sophie fiennes gives us this elegant examination of the highly personal artwork of german. Filmed and edited over a period of twelve years, the film uses as its spine a visit by jones to her family in jamaica, where she dines on bami, goes to church, and recalls the abusively strict religious upbringing that helped to define her steely stage persona. Bloodlight and bami, strode the pop entertainment world like. Grace jones in bloodlight and bami a t 69 years old and looking at least 20 years younger the singer grace jones is the subject of this documentary portrait by sophie fiennes. Bloodlight and bami takes an unconventional approach to the rock biopic, resulting in a compelling experience for fans and an intriguing, albeit confusing, primer for novices. Bloodlight and bami opens at tiff bell lightbox in toronto on friday, june 1, 2018. I have almost all albums vinyl, cd, or official download of grace jones.
Bloodlight and bami premiere during the 2017 toronto international film festival at the elgin on sept. In jamaican patois, bloodlight is the red light that illuminates when an artist is recording and bami means bread, the substance of daily life. R music, documentaries movie 2018 standing in the shadows of motown. Apr 25, 2018 grace jones inspired, and was inspired.
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