Bloodlight and bami an imperfect portrait of largerthanlife singer. In an early scene of the new documentary grace jones. Grace jones bloodlight and bami 2017 720p bluray h264 aacrarbg 1. I have almost all albums vinyl, cd, or official download of grace jones. Bloodlight and bami opens with about as fine a welcome as you could ask for. 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. Fiennes shows why jones remains such an enduring presence and influence, but theres no interest in how she got there or what it meant to the world while she was ascending to superstardom. Sophie fiennes united kingdom, ireland 2017 doc color dcp 115 english, french d. Search for screenings showtimes and book tickets for grace jones. Grace jones hat viele facetten, ob unterkuhlte diva, queerikone oder. Sophie fiennes the perverts guide to ideology begins her biographical performance doc grace jones. When the film cuts to her singing nipple to the bottle, i was like hell yeah no time to be your superwoman. Bloodlight and bami is that it seeks to square the person with the provocateuse. Grace jones bloodlight and bami 2017 part 1larger than life, wild, scary and androgynous grace jones plays all these parts.
Bloodlight and bami opening in cinemas nationwide on 27 october reinvents the music film as an electrifying journey through the performance, private and public worlds of pop cultural icon grace jones, whose. I do recall that when you made hoover street revival that you were talking about a grace jones. Grace jones is never dull, so why is the new documentary so. 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. Jones, who was a local politician and apostolic clergyman. Yet here we also discover her as a lover, daughter, mother, sister and even grandmother, as she submits herself to our gaze and. Sophie fienness documentary goes beyond the traditional. In jamaican patois, bloodlight is the red light that illuminates when an artist is recording and bami means bread, the substance of daily life. This electrifying journey through the public and private worlds of pop culture megaicon grace jones contrasts musical. If you want a rocknroll, sexy, feel good, empowering film, pull up to the theater in your most audacious outfit and get ready for the grace jones experience. Bloodlight and bami hits cinemas, director sophie fiennes uncovers the fierce, flamboyant and uncompromising world of the fashion icon. Grace jones is never dull, so why is the new documentary. Grace jones bloodlight and bami 2017 part 1 video dailymotion. Oct 25, 2017 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.
Subtitles are sorted by relevance for searching keywords. The couple already had two children, and would go on to have four more. Mar 23, 2018 check out the new trailer for grace jones. Bloodlight and bami is the only documentary ive ever seen that cites a hat designer in its opening credits. Grace jones speaks about her documentary bloodlight and bami. A largerthanlife entertainer, an androgynous glampop diva, an unpredictable media presencegrace jones is all these things and more. Bloodlight and bami is pure energy, fierce, and empowering. I first met grace jones in 2002, at a screening of the documentary i had made about her preacher brother, bishop noel jones.
With an undercurrent of melancholy, new documentary shows. 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 showcases the 69yearold music and fashion icon at her most fierce and most vulnerable. Recruiting a cadre of young dancers, theyve set up what they believe to be a perfect paris nightclubesque tableaux, but jones isnt having any of it. Courtesy kino lorber this article is more than 1 year old. One of them asks if shed ever act in another movie, to. Grace jones on a lifetime of doing whatever she pleases the.
Instead, the tense is immersively present, and our proximity to jones is allaccess. Pull up to the bumper for a tour of jamaica and the career of the fabulous grace jones. A largerthanlife entertainer, an androgynous glampop diva, an unpredictable media presence grace jones is all these things and more. And shes ticked off at a french tv producer for pairing her with scantily clad female dancers in a production number. Movie subtitles related to grace jones bloodlight and bami at. 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. In the first, jones prowls the stage catlike, purring from behind an eiko ishiokadesigned death mask. The stage is where her most extreme embodiments are realised and her. 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 jones s bold aesthetic.
Bloodlight and bami, director sophie fiennes showcases the artists raging masculine persona with interwoven segments from 2016 concert performances of material off the. The official showtimes destination brought to you by trafalgar releasing. Shes shown fighting a french tv producer who not only wants her to take off her faceobscuring hat, but. Grace jones has many faces, from cold diva to queer icon and hedonistic. Ratings by the motion picture association of america are. Oct 24, 2017 theres a classic display of diva grace when she rows with a french tv producer about the staging of a performance on a tacky tv show. Its free and easy to download subs for movie grace jones bloodlight and bami. Director sophie fiennes and grace jones speak to the media at the grace jones. Bloodlight and bami 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. To find out more, homes artistic director of film, jason wood speaks to director sophie fiennes jason wood. 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. For fiennes, the key and the excitement, was being open to whatever happened.
In the film, the enigmatic singer opens up before the cameras of her. Bloodlight and bami, jones claims that even if all of the power went off during one of her shows, and she had no lights or sound, she would keep on performing she is the performance, and shell go on for the sake of her audience, no matter what. Someone should feel free to make either or both of those. Gracejonesdokumentation bloodlight and bami ein leben als. 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. Grace jones and director sophie fiennes discuss grace jones. The straightup jones who tells a french tv producer off for giving her a tacky set and babydoll dancers for a performance. Larger than life, wild, scary and androgynous grace jones plays all these parts.
Documentary maker sophie fiennes follows veteran artpop diva grace jones around the globe in her tiff openingnight premiere bloodlight and bami. Bloodlight and bami takes an indepth and honest look at one of the most important artists of recent years. Bloodlight and bami may also be available with public performance rights ppr and digital site licensing dsl for colleges and universities. But then, grace jones has never been your average artist. 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.
This isnt a career retrospective or a treatise on the importance and wide influence of grace jones. With grace jones, lowell sly dunbar, jeanpaul goude, marjorie jones. The film cuts between jamaica and jones public and professional life. Pg parental guidance urged because of material possibly unsuitable for children. Sophie fienness documentary goes beyond the traditional music biography, offering a portrait as stylish and unconventional as its subject. 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. 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 jonesas bold aesthetic.
Bloodlight and bami opens friday at the film society of lincoln center. Tv performance shes giving in front of a studio audience in france. Yet here we also discover her as a lover, daughter. Grace jones is many, many things, but dull has never been one of them. Apr 19, 2018 icon grace jones is the subject of the new documentary grace jones. The bloodlight in the title refers to the red on air indicator found in recording studios, while bami is a type of jamaican bread. Mar 22, 2018 trailer for the documentary grace jones. More of a portrait than a narrative, this documentary depicts a life lived. Download this subtitles from our download location, see more details bellow. Grace jones on a lifetime of doing whatever she pleases. Bloodlight and bami is an electrifying journey through the performance, private and public worlds of pop cultural icon grace jones.
This electrifying journey through the world of pop culture megaicon grace jones contrasts musical sequences with intimate personal footage, all the while brimming with jones s bold aesthetic. As anyone who saw her at the 2015 afropunk fest in brooklyn can attest, watching her perform, the mercurial, androgynous, ageless, grace jones cuts a mythic figure. Bloodlight and bami weaves together the layers of grace jones public and private life, as she moves effortlessly between different facets. Bloodlight and bami premiere during the 2017 toronto international film festival at the elgin on sept. Bloodlight and bami at the film society of lincoln center, moderated by piotr orlov. Bloodlight and bami mixes concert footage and documentary styles to offer an unprecedented look behind the mask of the worlds most enigmatic performers. Bloodlight and bami by seamlessly intercutting two separate performances of the same song from a 2016 concert.
It has been reported that the project was 10 years in gestation. Grace jones documentary bloodlight and bami shows soft side. Grace jones was born in 1948 though most sources say 1952 in spanish town, jamaica, the daughter of marjorie nee williams and robert w. Shot over five years, sophie fiennes flyonthewall documentary of the popculture iconcumprovocateur grace jones is. First enjoy breakfast supplied by the cinema, then the film grace jones. Bloodlight and bami, and finish off with a conversation about the film. Grace jones bloodlight and bami elliptically structured. Five minutes with the legendary grace jones interview. Tickets are 195 sek including breakfast, and 145 without breakfast.
Bloodlight and bami, the ferocious songstress and boundarysmashing modelwhose prior silver screen highlights include portraying an eiffel towerscaling bond henchwoman and a centuriesold vampire strippersigns autographs for fans huddled behind a barricade. Grace jones, the iconic, obsidianskinned, adonis that rose to fame in the late 70s isnt so much back as she is in the spotlight again in the new, fascinating documentary grace jones. Though the documentary itself is rather unfocused, the star at its centre is as compelling as ever. Grace jones and friends live promises to be thrilling and enlightening evening with the inimitable icon, as she discusses her. Bloodlight and bami and other popular tv shows and movies including new releases, classics, hulu originals, and more. The butchfemme icon grace jones is many things, but boring isnt one of them. Sophie fiennes new documentary offers an electrifying journey through the public and private worlds of this pop culture megaicon, contrasting musical sequences with intimate personal footage, all the while brimming with jones bold aesthetic. Bloodlight and bami is not a primer on the singularly stylish. Jonathan romney is a contributing editor to film comment and writes its film of the week column. Its an entirely appropriate announcement of values, a reminder that style and. Bloodlight and bami is an intimate and personal look at the. Bloodlight and bami sophie fiennes film about the legendary performer achieves a level of intimacy and candor. The sequence at the french studio, perhaps more than any other in the film. Largerthanlife entertainer, androgynous glampop diva, unpredictable media presence.
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