Rendering №15

The article published on the website of the newspaper “the New York Times” on April 25, 2013 is headlined “Amy Winehouse Documentary Coming from Director of ‘Senna’”. The article reports at length that a famous director Asif Kapadia will work with the producer James Gay-Rees (“Exit Through the Gift Shop”) to tell the story of Ms. Winehouse, the troubled soul singer who died at 27 from accidental alcohol poisoning in 2011.

Speaking of the director, it is necessary to mention that Kapadia’s film “Senna” won documentary prizes at the Bafta Awards and the Sundance Film Festival. Speaking about the film, it is necessary to point out that though it does not yet have a title, it will use previously unseen footage to tell the singer’s story and will be distributed by Focus Features International, which plans to introduce the project to buyers at the Cannes film market next month, the company said.

It’s an open secret that Amy Winehouse was a once-in-a-generation talent who captured everyone’s attention; she wrote and sang from the heart and everyone fell under her spell. Moreover, it is a well-known fact that tragically Amy seemed to fall apart under the relentless media attention, her troubled relationships, her global success and precarious lifestyle. So there is a general feeling to believe that as a society we celebrated her huge success but then we were quick to judge her failings when it suited us.

The article concludes by saying that there is every reason to believe that Mr. Kapadia and Mr. Gay-Rees would “look at Amy’s story sensitively, honestly and without sensationalizing her.”

As for me, I look forward to watch this film and do hope that it will be “an incredibly modern, emotional and relevant film that has the power to capture the zeitgeist and shine a light on the world we live in, in a way that very few films can.”