1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:05,439 Speaker 1: Great the flick with ben O'she The Story of Amy Winehouse, 2 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 1: ben O'she Is now Here to give us his verdict 3 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: on a movie about a woman who had an extraordinarily 4 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 1: sadly short life but such a talent, but like so 5 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: many talents, a darker story behind the scenes. 6 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely extraordinary talent, extraordinary demons behind the scenes that 7 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 2: really played a huge role in her career, what happened 8 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 2: in its tragic end, And I think this film back 9 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:34,840 Speaker 2: to black. How much you enjoy it as a fan 10 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 2: of Amy Winehouse and as a viewer who's maybe not 11 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 2: so familiar with her work will really depend on whether 12 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:44,559 Speaker 2: or not you've seen a documentary by a director Asif Capatia. 13 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 2: He did the Center documentary, he did the Maradonna documentary, 14 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 2: so he's absolutely brilliant at the doccos. He did a 15 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 2: film about Amy Winehouse in twenty fifteen, just called Amy, 16 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 2: and you can stream it. And if you watch that doco, 17 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 2: you really get a great insight into those d demens, 18 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 2: into what drove her to drink and then to drugs, 19 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:06,399 Speaker 2: and the people behind the scenes who didn't take enough 20 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 2: care of her, who thought, well, here's our cash cow. 21 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 2: We're going to just not send it a rehab. We're 22 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:14,040 Speaker 2: going to not do the things that are right by 23 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 2: her health so she can keep making money for us. 24 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 2: The doco reveals that, in really unflinching detail, the film 25 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:24,040 Speaker 2: is not like that at all. The film skates across 26 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:27,959 Speaker 2: the surface. It's very superficial, and one of the reasons 27 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 2: is because the family is very closely involved with the film. 28 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 3: And so they want to maybe gloss over some of 29 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,399 Speaker 3: the bits a little bit. Is it also partly in 30 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 3: case of, you know, wanting to reach a wider audience, 31 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:42,759 Speaker 3: so it's not just purely for that's a partline house fans. Yeah, 32 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 3: we've seen this. 33 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 2: We've seen this with other musical bio pics in the 34 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 2: past about people who had, you know, sort of troubled lives, 35 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 2: like where you're talking about Freddie Mercury and b I was. 36 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 3: Just going to say, now that's another movie that's been 37 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 3: accused of the of the same absolutely glossing over some 38 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 3: of the problems. And the challenge I think for the 39 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 3: filmmakers is to get the rights to use the music, 40 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 3: which is extremely expensive. You probably have to do a 41 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 3: bit of a deal with the devil. You have to 42 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 3: get the family, the estate, the record labels on board, 43 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 3: and that probably means you're not going to tell a 44 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 3: warts and old story, and that suits everybody's purposes because 45 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:22,360 Speaker 3: then the back catalog of that particular artist rockets up 46 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 3: the streaming charts. Again, everybody's a winner, and the fans 47 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 3: are happy as well, because no one, you know, a 48 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 3: big fan of a band doesn't necessarily want to go 49 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 3: into a cinema and spend two hours being depressed watching 50 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 3: something that's really grim. They prefer to relive all the hits, 51 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 3: and so that's certainly what Back to Black does. With 52 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 3: Marissa Abella playing Amy Winehouse. She was a star of 53 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 3: the TV series industry, and she is phenomenal. You will 54 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 3: go into this movie and you will swear that you're 55 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 3: watching Amy Winehouse on the screen, absolutely incredible, singing all 56 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 3: her own songs. So there's no mining this. This is 57 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 3: the real deal. 58 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 2: But maybe maybe a couple of scenes there's a bit 59 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:01,239 Speaker 2: of overlay of Amy Winehouse real voice, but a lot 60 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 2: of it she's singing herself, looks the spitting image of Amy. 61 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 2: It's actually uncanny the likeness. And so Marissa is amazing. 62 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:12,080 Speaker 2: She there's no question she is an absolute gem in 63 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 2: this movie. It's all the other stuff around her that 64 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 2: I have some issues with, like in the docco and 65 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 2: people who follow Amy Winehouse's career closely know that her 66 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 2: dad is a problematic character in her life. In the 67 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 2: song Rehab. In the song Rehab, she even says, you know, 68 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 2: my daddy says I'm fine, I don't need to go 69 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 2: to rehab, when every man and his dog could see 70 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 2: she should have been in rehab to potentially save her life. 71 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 2: In the film, her dad's played by Eddie Marsan. He 72 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 2: comes off looking like a hero, like a saint. 73 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 3: Of course, he reasons, we just talked about it. 74 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 2: He's involved, that he's involved in the film and making 75 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 2: the film. And even Blake, her on again off again 76 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 2: boyfriend husband who they had an extremely fractious relationship. 77 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 3: He was a drug addict. 78 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 2: A lot of people blame him for getting Amy hooked 79 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 2: on drugs, and that's certainly depicted in the film. He's 80 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 2: played by Jack O'Connell, who's an amazing British actor, and 81 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 2: he does a great job. But again it's very sanitized 82 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 2: and Blake almost comes off looking like a hero as well, 83 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:20,040 Speaker 2: saying repeatedly or Amy you know, I can't deal with 84 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 2: how violent you are when you're drunk. You know, I'm 85 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 2: the one who's realized this is a toxic relationship. We 86 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 2: can't be together. 87 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 3: So this is seeming like it's Amy Winehouse is the 88 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 3: one who's coming. 89 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 2: Out, Yeah, exactly, Like to me, it kind of victims. 90 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 2: To me, it kind of felt like the same people 91 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 2: who exploited her in her life are still doing it 92 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 2: now posthumously, And so it was a bit icky. Director 93 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:46,919 Speaker 2: Sam Taylor Johnson directed Fifty Shades of Gray, and she's 94 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,160 Speaker 2: a director who in her own way is a bit 95 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 2: problematic as well. And so there's a few things going 96 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 2: on with this film that anything to do with Amy 97 00:04:56,839 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 2: Winehouse that make it maybe a bit challenge for some viewers. 98 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:02,719 Speaker 2: There'll be plenty of people who go along and watch 99 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 2: it and just happy to see Marissa Abella doing an 100 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 2: incredible performance, hearing all the songs which are amazing, and 101 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,599 Speaker 2: you know, it tells a story from start to finish. 102 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 3: So is it enough though for anybody who's not a 103 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 3: real Amy Winehouse fan, who doesn't who didn't buy the albums, 104 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 3: who you know some of the songs, is it enough 105 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 3: of a reason to go to the cinema and see 106 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:26,360 Speaker 3: the story of the singer's life. 107 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, I reckon it is just for the pure reason 108 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,599 Speaker 2: of seeing Marissa as Amy. Like I think you know, 109 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 2: she is so so good it makes it worth the 110 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 2: price of admission. You won't teach you anything that you 111 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 2: probably don't already know about Amy Winehouse's life. It's so superficial. 112 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 2: But for her performance alone, it's worth going to the 113 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 2: cinema and seeing those songs and you get a basic 114 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 2: idea of Amy's life story. 115 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 3: And if you want the real story, see the doco. 116 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,599 Speaker 2: See the doco Amy by a Sief Carpatia. So I'm 117 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 2: going to give this one three stars, three stars, three 118 00:05:57,360 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 2: stars all for Marissa. 119 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 3: Else it's any carries the movie on our own, absolutely fantastic, 120 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 3: all right, So we're swinging by the cinema to say 121 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,279 Speaker 3: it this weekend. Hey Ben, thanks a lot, say mate.