Plot Summary:Born Elinore Harris, Billie Holiday had a difficult teen and young adulthood period, which included working in brothels, both as a cleaning woman and a prostitute, and being raped. Through this difficulty, she dreamed of becoming a jazz singer. She got her initial singing break when she applied at a Harlem club that was looking for a dancer, but where she got hired as a singer. There, she met and fell in love with the suave Louis McKay. After this initial break, Billie wanted her singing career to move to the mainstream clubs in downtown Manhattan. She took a risk when she agreed to be the lead singer for the Reg Hanley Band, a primarily white group, who convinced her that she would have to make her mark in regional tours before her Manhattan dream could happen. As Billie tried to advance her career, pressures of life, including being a black woman, led to her not so secret substance abuse (especially of heroin), not so secret because of her increasingly erratic behavior, both on stage and off. As those around her, including Louis, worked to support Billie emotionally to get off drugs, Billie faced other issues, such as open narcotic use being a criminal offense, which in combination with the effects of the heroin use itself could be Billie's downfall despite her singing talent.
没节奏加上听不太懂看得我坐如针毡 但是歌和造型还是很好 ross演技好绝 在美国南部州的黑人历史月看感觉挺奇妙的
so painful Diana Ross没有刻意模仿holiday,表演和歌唱都相当出色
戴安娜罗斯的嗓音不错,对于比莉霍利迪的模范也还可以。
根据Billie Holiday的个人传记改编,可以看到Diana Ross的青涩的银幕首秀,还有与Ennio Morricone齐名的配乐大师Michel Legrand为本片谱写的妙不可言的爱情主题。
比利·哈乐黛是有史以来最有影响力的爵士乐歌手之一。它独特的唱法,肤色,吸毒,酗酒,监狱,早逝都让她成为传奇。
歌喉、爱情与毒品,歌手传记的标准配方,外加不可不谈的肤色问题。然而,就是这样的老生常谈,仍是可圈可点:种族问题三场戏虽显粗暴但不乏视觉与情感冲击,毒品与爱情不断的博弈也富有张力。最可贵的是,一众黑人演员演绎出了一种底层的市井的平实的活力。【6/10】
拖沓但好听的传记片。一会儿上天一会儿入地的绝代名伶 上天给了她绝佳的好运 也降给她莫大的苦难。非常喜欢影片最后在她最如日中天的音乐厅唱歌时 转到报纸上写她死于44岁。
传记片看着就是闷
我也算看过冷门片了 冲着gay icon去看的
Billie曾经走到她的模仿者的后台告诉她一个人只有摆脱模仿才有可能得到真正的成功,Diana Ross唱歌时和Billie有点接近,特别是在节拍上,但是她根本就不是Billie,她也不会放弃自己而演Billie。音乐类型的传记电影,除了演出人物,还要挖掘歌曲新的生命,我想,如果Lady Day能看到这部电影也会欣慰。
我是Lady Day的死忠粉,但是电影拍得真的毫无感情和感动会出,就是这张电影原声和ROSS搭配电影出的致敬专辑BLUE还不错,值得一听。
diana ross 演的billie holiday 还是diana ross
最好的时代也可以被美国人拍成平庸之作
我爱Billie Holiday~
打着哈乐黛的幌子,却只拍出来一个平凡不过的歌手