{"id":117731,"date":"2024-05-17T15:01:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T15:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/05\/17\/back-to-black-star-and-director-on-telling-amy-winehouses-complex-life-story\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T15:01:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T15:01:11","slug":"back-to-black-star-and-director-on-telling-amy-winehouses-complex-life-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/05\/17\/back-to-black-star-and-director-on-telling-amy-winehouses-complex-life-story\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Back to Black star’ and director on telling Amy Winehouse\u2019s complex life story"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The new musical biopic Back to Black<\/em><\/a>\u00a0tells the story of Grammy winner Amy Winehouse<\/strong>\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

Marisa Abela<\/strong> plays the beloved pop star in the film, and she tells ABC Audio Winehouse\u2019s music has always loomed large in her life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was so aware of her and her music,\u201d Abela said. \u201cBut as a 10-year-old, you don’t know what you’re singing when you’re singing \u2018Tears Dry on Their Own\u2019 or \u2018Love is a Losing Game.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

While she\u2019s always been a fan, Abela said preparing for the film gave her a better picture of who Winehouse truly was.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a grown woman, to come back and revisit her music \u2014 not just as an artist and as a singer, but as a songwriter,\u201d Abela said. \u201cThe person that took all of these experiences in life and, like, squished them into these songs that will live forever as some of the most vulnerable and authentic pieces of storytelling that there are, just creates a sort of new level of admiration for Amy as an artist.\u201d<\/p>\n

Director Sam Taylor-Johnson<\/strong> said she hopes the film conveys just how complex Winehouse truly was.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like she’d just become this tragic figure, and I wanted to really go back to the music and go into the lyrics and understand really how deeply she felt everything and the pain and the love,\u201d Taylor-Johnson said.<\/p>\n

Taylor-Johnson also hopes to have honored Winehouse\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s tough making a film about somebody real. But also, my feeling was to uphold and celebrate her without judgment,\u201d Taylor-Johnson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Black to Black<\/em>\u00a0is available to watch in movie theaters everywhere on Friday, May 17.\u00a0<\/p>\n