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Altitude Film Distribution Amy, the new documentary by director Asif Kapadia, is a paradox. As you probably know, singer passed away in 2011 at the ominous age of 27 (Hendrix, Joplin, Morrison, and Cobain all died at the same age), and Kapadia's film recounts her life in personal fashion, utilizing home videos and interviews with those closest to her. Would Winehouse approve? Her life was marred by paparazzi and catcalls at every turn. The film isn't subtle about her apathy towards fame and resentment of those who wouldn't leave here alone. A personal documentary would seem to go against her wishes. But, despite the icky feeling Amy instills, it's hard to deny the film as anything but downright riveting.

Winehouse lives in British music lore and, in the film, her hero, Tony Bennett compares her to Billie Holliday as a champion jazz singer. She was an incredible talent, and her shrug away from the limelight and towards a life of self-medication, only makes her story that much more fascinating. Call it a cautionary tale, but Amy is also a celebration of Winehouse the artist. Altitude Film 4. She could always sing, but Winehouse didn't think she would be famous and imagined the attention would make her crazy.

Amy signed her first record deal at 18, and immediately moved into a flat with her friend, Juliette Ashby, in Camden. Ashby recalls Amy changing during this period while hanging out at Trash, a nightclub in London. While living in Camden, Winehouse met and fell in love with Blake Fielder-Civil, a musician and her future husband. Within a month, Amy tattooed 'Blake' on her neck.

Back to Black is about Fielder-Civil, who introduced Winehouse to hard drugs, including crack and heroin. Altitude Film 7. Winehouse was a lifelong, undiagnosed bulimic. She excitedly told her mother as a teen she could 'eat whatever and just bring it up later.' Her mother never took her seriously. Adobe flash cs6 portable games for senior. Winehouse was in and out of rehab centers at the urging of family and friends throughout her twenties. But she never committed herself to sobriety.

After winning Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards, she told Juliette, 'It's so boring without drugs.' 9. Fielder-Civil and Winehouse were divorced in 2009. In Amy, he recalls seeing her in the arms of another man in a tabloid. He calls himself a 'good-looking guy' who shouldn't have to 'put up' with that sort of thing. Winehouse's idol,, says of her in the film, 'She was a true, natural jazz singer.

And she should be mentioned with Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holliday.'