The Take | Back To Black Explained: Why The Controversial Amy Winehouse Biopic Doesn't Work @thetake | Uploaded May 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
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Amy Winehouse was a one-in-a-generation talent plagued by inner demons and tabloid-splashed controversy, but who through it all brought a spark of life and joy to the world and filled the airwaves with her incomparable voice and witty lyrics. The new biopic of the star, Back to Black, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and starring Marisa Abela was an opportunity to take a deeper examination of Amy’s inner life and her work, but instead seems mostly interested with a more surface level (and, in many cases, sanded down) look at the star’s life. So what did the film get right and wrong about Amy’s life and story? And why does it, in the end, totally fall flat as a biopic of such a larger than life, interesting person?
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:38 Amy's start in the industry
02:18 Her sharp, sparking personality
03:28 Amy's darker struggles
04:24 Thanks to Zocdoc
06:04 Important people that were surprisingly left out the film
06:56 Amy & Blake
08:04 Did Amy really want a baby? (& Did it lead to her end?)
09:41 The singing in the film & lack of focus on Amy's creativity
11:38 The film's focus on her relationships
12:46 Amy as a symbol instead of a person
13:45 Keeping Amy's memory alive
The Take was created by Debra Minoff & Susannah McCullough
This video was produced/written/narrated/edited by Jessica Babineaux
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Amy Winehouse was a one-in-a-generation talent plagued by inner demons and tabloid-splashed controversy, but who through it all brought a spark of life and joy to the world and filled the airwaves with her incomparable voice and witty lyrics. The new biopic of the star, Back to Black, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and starring Marisa Abela was an opportunity to take a deeper examination of Amy’s inner life and her work, but instead seems mostly interested with a more surface level (and, in many cases, sanded down) look at the star’s life. So what did the film get right and wrong about Amy’s life and story? And why does it, in the end, totally fall flat as a biopic of such a larger than life, interesting person?
Join our Patreon to unlock the members-only series “Total Take," vote on what we cover next, and more: patreon.com/thetake
Read articles on film, TV and culture: the-take.com
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:38 Amy's start in the industry
02:18 Her sharp, sparking personality
03:28 Amy's darker struggles
04:24 Thanks to Zocdoc
06:04 Important people that were surprisingly left out the film
06:56 Amy & Blake
08:04 Did Amy really want a baby? (& Did it lead to her end?)
09:41 The singing in the film & lack of focus on Amy's creativity
11:38 The film's focus on her relationships
12:46 Amy as a symbol instead of a person
13:45 Keeping Amy's memory alive
The Take was created by Debra Minoff & Susannah McCullough
This video was produced/written/narrated/edited by Jessica Babineaux
