Amy (documentary about Amy Winehouse) - Blu-ray Forum

amoergosum · 04-04-2015, 03:37 PM

Trailer:

spectre08 · 04-04-2015, 03:53 PM

I will definitely be seeing this, I'm a huge Amy Winehouse fan.

On a side note, that is one of the most exceptionally well executed trailers I've seen in a long time.

Foggy · 04-04-2015, 03:56 PM

Senna was phenomenal, but I don't know how they can spin a story out of this that's different to any other fatal fall from rich and fame stories.

Moe Szyslak · 04-04-2015, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Foggy

Senna was phenomenal, but I don't know how they can spin a story out of this that's different to any other fatal fall from rich and fame stories.

I was thinking the same thing. It's the fundamental issue of making a documentary about a person based on the fact they are no longer alive.

She was phenomenal, though.

Doctor Jack · 04-04-2015, 04:30 PM

Maybe it's just me but as a big fan of hers, I don't want to watch something diving into her life. I will let Her own words, through her music, tell me what she wanted me to know.

wonkavision · 04-04-2015, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doctor Jack

Maybe it's just me but as a big fan of hers, I don't want to watch something diving into her life. I will let Her own words, through her music, tell me what she wanted me to know.

I know what you mean, but sometimes I felt Amy was misrepresented by the media due to her substance abuse, often making her look less talented than she actually really was. She was just an incredible talent with some serious demons that I think is worth exploring, which by the trailer, looks as though fame was her nemesis.

amoergosum · 04-04-2015, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Moe Szyslak

She was phenomenal, though.

Yes indeed >>>

amoergosum · 04-04-2015, 06:11 PM

Quote from the trailer:

"I don't think I'm gonna be at all famous. I don't think I could handle it. I would probably go mad...you know what I mean? I would go mad."

Mahatma · 04-04-2015, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Foggy

Senna was phenomenal, but I don't know how they can spin a story out of this that's different to any other fatal fall from rich and fame stories.

Did you like the standard or extended cut of Senna?I found the extended cut hugely more interesting,but then again I'm a racing fan.

Foggy · 04-04-2015, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Mahatma

Did you like the standard or extended cut of Senna?I found the extended cut hugely more interesting,but then again I'm a racing fan.

I wouldn't know, it would be which ever one they showed on TV. Probably the Theatrical one.

Mahatma · 04-04-2015, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Foggy

I wouldn't know, it would be which ever one they showed on TV. Probably the Theatrical one.

If on TV,then it's most likely TC.Oh,well.

Cat III · 04-05-2015, 08:13 AM

Huge fan so I'll see this. Hope they find information that isn't already well known. Also hope this changes some people's perception of Amy. Not asking for her to be lionized or her faults to be set aside, but I'd like if at least some people leave this no longer thinking of her as a drugged-out caricature.

CHEЯNOБLY! · 04-05-2015, 08:25 AM

I'd be interested in seeing this. I just knew her music...never much of the tabloid crap, although I'm aware of it all.

lolwut · 04-05-2015, 09:22 PM

Great trailer and use of "Wrong Floor" from Drive. I know nothing about Amy Winehouse except for her death and I thought Senna was pretty good, so I'm interested in seeing this.

AaronJ · 05-22-2015, 05:51 AM

Wow, the Cannes-related podcasts I've heard talking about this have made it sound very powerful, and very intense.

Considering I was crying halfway through the trailer, I will probably agree when I finally see it.

Cat III · 06-04-2015, 07:36 AM

Really excited about this. I hope it puts to rest the popular perception of her most famous song as a paean to drug use and irresponsibility. People hear the chorus and make up their minds without bothering to listen to the other 80% of the lyrics.

In the special features of I Told You I Was Trouble, Amy's father explains the back story of Rehab. After breaking up with her boyfriend she fell hard on the drink and family and friends were urging her to enter rehab. Her father saw it as a reaction to the break-up and expected her to ease up on the booze once she got over the loss, hence the line "my daddy thinks I'm fine."

Hindsight reveals her father's judgment to be poor, but how many people are aware that the song was written before Winehouse started hard drugs? The context makes the song more than a catchy pop tune with a hook that lazy people can use to neatly sum up the life of the singer. Not that the danger of alcoholism should be dismissed. After all, Amy died from alcohol poisoning, not heroin.

Beyond that, the rest of the lyrics don't promote heavy drinking or any other vice. "I don't ever wanna drink again/I just, ooh, I just need a friend," starts one verse. Earlier she sings "I didn't get a lot in class/But I know it don't come in a shot glass." Amy didn't live up to her promises. Surely many people have heard similar assurances from loved ones who are addicts. The sentiments are also identical to those that would be expressed by a genuinely contrite and responsible person. It's conceivable that Winehouse could have written a the song and then actually shaped up on got on the straight and narrow.

Obviously I get pissed off by people who think that Amy was just a twit who got famous by refusing to go to rehab and then ODed like everyone realized she would (should I also point out that she did eventually go to rehab?). Wanted to get that off my chest for awhile now. Again, this isn't to excuse her terrible decisions. Her friends and family must be devastated and she squandered heaps of talent. She made her choices and the piper has collected his debt.

As for the movie, I'm glad to see early reviews are positive. I'm always up for a good documentary and since the director didn't know Amy, he should be able to remain objective. I know some family members have objected to the film, though I've refrained from reading much about it because I want to go in fresh.

Anyone know if Amy is coming to American theaters (and if so when)? I know I could Google it, but it's late and I don't feel like it.

wonkavision · 06-04-2015, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Cat III

Anyone know if Amy is coming to American theaters (and if so when)? I know I could Google it, but it's late and I don't feel like it.

July 3

Holmes · 07-10-2015, 06:07 PM

An intimate, smartly constructed, and, of course, ultimately very sad documentary charting the meteoric rise and drug-and-alcohol-fueled fall of Amy Winehouse, the late British soul singer who electrified the popular imagination, particularly from 2006 to 2008. Most of the film consists of archival footage (of wildly varying quality on a technical level, of course, but often poignant or startling in its intimacy) set to music or anecdotes recounted by Amy's family and friends, as well as musicians who played with her and record-label executives who signed and promoted her. To avoid giving the film too conventional an aesthetic, most of the interviewees are not seen, but rather identified with text on the screen.

At the height of her fame (during my high-school years), I must admit I thought of Amy first and foremost as a contemporary of a band I adored and obsessed over, the Libertines. In general, I consider myself a casual, but far from ardent fan of hers, but this film firmly held my attention, so it is definitely not a product only the hardest of hardcore devotees can enjoy. Early on, it tenderly reveals its subject as a down-to-earth, at times convivial, at times irascible woman who utilized music as a therapeutic outlet for despondency. And the film is incredibly adept as a stinging indictment of the way the media (from BBC anchorpeople to late-night comedians such as Jay Leno) turned a flesh-and-blood human being's alcoholism, drug abuse, and eating disorder into a perverse carnival because of the distancing dynamic of celebrity. Many in the audience, myself included, may remember finding a degree of amusement and/or queasy fascination in Amy's "antics" (read: self-destruction) and experience an undeniable pang of shame.

B+

P. S. Mitch Winehouse is creepy.

Scottie · 07-10-2015, 06:09 PM

My art house theater will have this in another week so I think I'll check it out.

Foggy · 07-10-2015, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by iScottie

My art house theater will have this in another week so I think I'll check it out.

My nearest has it as well, so I'll either be seeing it tomorrow depending on how free I am, or next Thursday.

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04-04-2015, 03:53 PM	#2
spectre08 Blu-ray Knight Member since:Feb 2015 Location:Dallas, TX Blu-ray collection:538 DVD collection:25 Trading Score:49	I will definitely be seeing this, I'm a huge Amy Winehouse fan. On a side note, that is one of the most exceptionally well executed trailers I've seen in a long time.

04-04-2015, 03:56 PM	#3
Foggy Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:UK 4K collection:9 Blu-ray collection:2926 DVD collection:47	Senna was phenomenal, but I don't know how they can spin a story out of this that's different to any other fatal fall from rich and fame stories.

04-04-2015, 04:30 PM	#5
Doctor Jack Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Oct 2013 Trading Score:194	Maybe it's just me but as a big fan of hers, I don't want to watch something diving into her life. I will let Her own words, through her music, tell me what she wanted me to know.

04-04-2015, 06:11 PM	#8
amoergosum Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Feb 2011 4K collection:136 Blu-ray collection:732 Trading Score:9	Quote from the trailer: "I don't think I'm gonna be at all famous. I don't think I could handle it. I would probably go mad...you know what I mean? I would go mad."

04-05-2015, 08:13 AM	#12
Cat III Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Aug 2011 Location:USA Home Theater Gallery:3 Blu-ray collection:317 DVD collection:168 Blu-ray reviews: 32 Trading Score:6	Huge fan so I'll see this. Hope they find information that isn't already well known. Also hope this changes some people's perception of Amy. Not asking for her to be lionized or her faults to be set aside, but I'd like if at least some people leave this no longer thinking of her as a drugged-out caricature.

04-05-2015, 08:25 AM	#13
CHEЯNOБLY! Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Jan 2009 4K collection:11 Blu-ray collection:321 MA collection:1 Digital collection:9 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:70	I'd be interested in seeing this. I just knew her music...never much of the tabloid crap, although I'm aware of it all.

04-05-2015, 09:22 PM	#14
lolwut Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Dec 2011 Location:Virginia, US 4K collection:148 Blu-ray collection:1278 DVD collection:212 MA collection:166 Digital collection:182 iTunes collection:160 Prime collection:94 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:202	Great trailer and use of "Wrong Floor" from Drive. I know nothing about Amy Winehouse except for her death and I thought Senna was pretty good, so I'm interested in seeing this.

05-22-2015, 05:51 AM	#15
AaronJ Banned Member since:Jul 2013 Location:Michigan 4K collection:47 Blu-ray collection:624 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:1	Wow, the Cannes-related podcasts I've heard talking about this have made it sound very powerful, and very intense. Considering I was crying halfway through the trailer, I will probably agree when I finally see it.

06-04-2015, 07:36 AM	#16
Cat III Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Aug 2011 Location:USA Home Theater Gallery:3 Blu-ray collection:317 DVD collection:168 Blu-ray reviews: 32 Trading Score:6	Really excited about this. I hope it puts to rest the popular perception of her most famous song as a paean to drug use and irresponsibility. People hear the chorus and make up their minds without bothering to listen to the other 80% of the lyrics. In the special features of I Told You I Was Trouble, Amy's father explains the back story of Rehab. After breaking up with her boyfriend she fell hard on the drink and family and friends were urging her to enter rehab. Her father saw it as a reaction to the break-up and expected her to ease up on the booze once she got over the loss, hence the line "my daddy thinks I'm fine." Hindsight reveals her father's judgment to be poor, but how many people are aware that the song was written before Winehouse started hard drugs? The context makes the song more than a catchy pop tune with a hook that lazy people can use to neatly sum up the life of the singer. Not that the danger of alcoholism should be dismissed. After all, Amy died from alcohol poisoning, not heroin. Beyond that, the rest of the lyrics don't promote heavy drinking or any other vice. "I don't ever wanna drink again/I just, ooh, I just need a friend," starts one verse. Earlier she sings "I didn't get a lot in class/But I know it don't come in a shot glass." Amy didn't live up to her promises. Surely many people have heard similar assurances from loved ones who are addicts. The sentiments are also identical to those that would be expressed by a genuinely contrite and responsible person. It's conceivable that Winehouse could have written a the song and then actually shaped up on got on the straight and narrow. Obviously I get pissed off by people who think that Amy was just a twit who got famous by refusing to go to rehab and then ODed like everyone realized she would (should I also point out that she did eventually go to rehab?). Wanted to get that off my chest for awhile now. Again, this isn't to excuse her terrible decisions. Her friends and family must be devastated and she squandered heaps of talent. She made her choices and the piper has collected his debt. As for the movie, I'm glad to see early reviews are positive. I'm always up for a good documentary and since the director didn't know Amy, he should be able to remain objective. I know some family members have objected to the film, though I've refrained from reading much about it because I want to go in fresh. Anyone know if Amy is coming to American theaters (and if so when)? I know I could Google it, but it's late and I don't feel like it.

07-10-2015, 06:07 PM	#18
Holmes Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Maryland 4K collection:3 Blu-ray collection:779	An intimate, smartly constructed, and, of course, ultimately very sad documentary charting the meteoric rise and drug-and-alcohol-fueled fall of Amy Winehouse, the late British soul singer who electrified the popular imagination, particularly from 2006 to 2008. Most of the film consists of archival footage (of wildly varying quality on a technical level, of course, but often poignant or startling in its intimacy) set to music or anecdotes recounted by Amy's family and friends, as well as musicians who played with her and record-label executives who signed and promoted her. To avoid giving the film too conventional an aesthetic, most of the interviewees are not seen, but rather identified with text on the screen. At the height of her fame (during my high-school years), I must admit I thought of Amy first and foremost as a contemporary of a band I adored and obsessed over, the Libertines. In general, I consider myself a casual, but far from ardent fan of hers, but this film firmly held my attention, so it is definitely not a product only the hardest of hardcore devotees can enjoy. Early on, it tenderly reveals its subject as a down-to-earth, at times convivial, at times irascible woman who utilized music as a therapeutic outlet for despondency. And the film is incredibly adept as a stinging indictment of the way the media (from BBC anchorpeople to late-night comedians such as Jay Leno) turned a flesh-and-blood human being's alcoholism, drug abuse, and eating disorder into a perverse carnival because of the distancing dynamic of celebrity. Many in the audience, myself included, may remember finding a degree of amusement and/or queasy fascination in Amy's "antics" (read: self-destruction) and experience an undeniable pang of shame. B+ P. S. Mitch Winehouse is creepy.

07-10-2015, 06:09 PM	#19
Scottie Moderator Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Location:Rhode Island Trading Score:647	My art house theater will have this in another week so I think I'll check it out.

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