Wednesday, 15 October 2014

JIMI ("ALL IS BY MY SIDE") - A New Film Report

My humble guess is that John Ridley, the writer and director, just had to do a movie on Jimi Hendrix (come hell or high water) and would cease at nothing. Otherwise, how could this savvy director keep at it with less than a full script- particularly when the Hendrix estate heirs stood in the way of his using the iconic songs Hendrix fans so revered him for. Heirs spoiled it all... Yes, folks may be interested in the period that Hendrix thrived in-- while he lived in London (from nineteen-sixty-six/ nineteen sixty-seven); but it's the thrill of performance that lifts Jimi's guitar from earth to way up there. ...


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