Focus Features has announced the nationwide release of Back to Black on Friday, May 17th. Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and written by Matt Greenhalgh, the film dives into Amy Winehouse’s remarkable journey, chronicling her ascent to stardom from her early days in Camden to the creation of her groundbreaking album. Executive producers Sam Taylor-Johnson, Anna […] The post Focus Features to Release ‘Back to Black’ Film on Amy Winehouse This May first appeared on The Source.
Set designers Katie Spencer and Sarah Greenwood went from Barbie to the darker world of the Amy Winehouse biopic. They explain how even a Smeg fridge evokes the singer’s dreamsImagine someone coming into your bedroom, taking a look around and then recreating it in meticulous detail: they would end up telling your story without ever saying a word.That was the aim of the set designers for the Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black, where her various homes feel as integral as Marisa Abela’s detailed...
Amy Winehouse fans have descended on Camden after the release of the new biopic ‘Back to Black’. The London borough, where the late singer lived from 2003, serves as a backdrop to many of the scenes in the film - which has received mixed reviews. Student Maddy Gower said: “There was a part where she says, ‘I just want to be known for what I do’ but they just showed the drugs. Amy is so unique, and I think the actress [Marisa Abela] did a very good job." The Flamin’ Eight Tattoo Studio was used...
Amy Winehouse fans have descended on Camden after the release of the new biopic ‘Back to Black’. The London borough, where the late singer lived from 2003, serves as a backdrop to many of the scenes in the film - which has received mixed reviews. Student Maddy Gower said: “There was a part where she says, ‘I just want to be known for what I do’ but they just showed the drugs. Amy is so unique, and I think the actress [Marisa Abela] did a very good job." The Flamin’ Eight Tattoo Studio was used...
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If you really want to know about making music, fame, exploitation, addiction, egos and challenging personalities – look to fiction. Here are our favourites Making a movie about an iconic musician can be perilous – there are so many stakeholders with differing versions of events, and so many diehard fans looking for a perfect representation of their hero, that many music biopics end up being sanitised and glib. Look no further than Back to Black, Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Amy Winehouse biopic, for a...
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