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Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami

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Electrifying concert performances and intimate, personal footage showcase the life and talent of singer and actress Grace Jones.
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Grace Jones: 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.

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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader 03/05/2020
The offstage sequences can be revealing - in one scene, Jones recalls the abusive step-grandfather who inspired her aggressive musical persona- but director Sophie Fiennes sets such a languid pace that the songs can't come soon enough. Go to Full Review Jonathan Romney Film Comment Magazine 06/29/2018
The non-chronological editing oddly makes Jones look as if she's everywhere at once, unbounded by the laws of time and space that ordinary mortals are subject to. Go to Full Review Linda Barnard Toronto Star 05/31/2018
2.5/4
Fiennes provides a meandering observation of the woman behind the glamazon, disco diva and full-throated and furious singer/performance artist in this unstructured doc. Go to Full Review Graeme Tuckett The Post NZ 06/28/2021
This is an elliptical, at times frustratingly formless, but always watchable and fascinating series of sketches of an artist who really isn't showing any sign of slowing down. Go to Full Review Ian Brill Battleship Pretension 04/13/2021
Through hardships, Jones draws on a fulfilled self to explore many different expressions and communicate an artistic voice that is all her own. Go to Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com 03/20/2021
A+
Liberating. Exhilarating. Honest. Fearless. Grace Jones's status as one of the most important cultural artists of the 20th and 21st centuries is confirmed in every second of Sophie Fiennes's exceptional filmic memoir. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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10/15/2019 Grace Jones is great but this was a mess. Hard to follow and lacking context and direction. See more 07/03/2019 WTF was this POS ??!!! See more 12/07/2018 The movie reads like Grace Jones career unpredictable, and wonderful. See more 08/06/2018 Loved seeing an in depth look at one of my favorite musical artists of all time!!! Grace shaped my teenage years and was a great role model to look up to in being unique!!! I feel that the filmmaker could have done more to make this documentary more spectacular, but I still loved it!!! See more 07/19/2018 1. Take one of the most fascinating people on earth 2. Make a dull documentary about them See more 06/11/2018 A mess of a movie. The director doesn't even identify who is speaking so other than Grace herself you have no idea who she's interacting with. And the film meanders all over the place and drags whenever it's not showing concert footage. Very disappointing. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Electrifying concert performances and intimate, personal footage showcase the life and talent of singer and actress Grace Jones.
Director
Sophie Fiennes
Distributor
Kino Lorber
Production Co
Blinder Films
Genre
Documentary, Music
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 13, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 10, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$375.2K
Runtime
1h 56m