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Post by Partridge on Oct 25, 2019 2:19:28 GMT -5
Linda Ronstadt The Sound of My Voice will be having a UK premiere after all; more details here: UK Premiere |
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Post by the Scribe on Oct 25, 2019 2:51:59 GMT -5
Great news. Now on to Australia....
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Post by rick on Oct 25, 2019 3:26:37 GMT -5
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Post by eddiejinnj on Oct 25, 2019 7:32:00 GMT -5
Am kind of glad that it is now premiering in UK and smaller markets in US vs doing it all at the beginning. In my mind, it makes like it has staying power and hope it is in theaters for awhile. The UK people can look up all the talk about it on the internet which is cool. eddiejinnj
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Post by Richard W on Oct 25, 2019 7:55:15 GMT -5
Good news for Fabtastique!
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Post by fabtastique on Oct 25, 2019 7:57:27 GMT -5
Good news for Fabtastique! I have my tickets booked - it’s a fairly impressive venue for the premiere .... so looking forward to that ! |
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Post by Richard W on Oct 25, 2019 8:00:09 GMT -5
I felt for you, buddy.
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Post by fabtastique on Oct 25, 2019 8:03:24 GMT -5
Ha ... I’m anxious about how well it will do here .... the aretha documentary advertising / posters were all over the tube stations and I saw it advertised in several cinemas - I hope people will go out of curiosity and fall in love with Linda ❤️❤️❤️ |
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Post by germancanadian on Oct 25, 2019 16:50:17 GMT -5
Kind of unfair that the movie is premiering in the UK but not Canada. I know Britain has a larger population, but she was way more popular in Canada in the 70s and 80s. Some of her albums and singles charted even higher in Canada than in the U.S.
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Post by erik on Oct 25, 2019 18:09:38 GMT -5
Quote by germancanadian:
One hopes that this situation will be rectified, and that the film will be shown in Canada. Linda always enjoyed a huge amount of popularity there, having first gotten noticed, as far as I know, for having been on a TV show hosted by folk icons Ian and Sylvia Tyson back in 1971.
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Post by fabtastique on Nov 5, 2019 13:39:58 GMT -5
It has finally arrived in the UK - premiere screening at the Victoria & Albert museum .... it’s a wonderful venue    👍🏻 |
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Post by ajmkv on Nov 6, 2019 1:30:24 GMT -5
That's awesome! I'm currently living in France and this screening in the UK is probably the closest the film will come to me, sadly. I'm envious!
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Post by fabtastique on Nov 6, 2019 2:44:51 GMT -5
It was a lovely evening.
The film is very good even though for my liking it focuses on the early part of her career too much and essentially rollercoasters through the 80s and ignores anything beyond 1989!
I was also shocked at how bad some of the video quality was, but also pleasantly surprised by others.
There was not a dry eye in the house when Emmylou spoke about the loss of Linda’s voice and also when Linda sang with her family ..... there were also many huge laughs throughout !
The director was on hand for a Q&A session afterwards - the questions were most of the same but several people takes about their love for Linda and how the film had reminded them how great she was.
The director was asked what he left on the cutting room floor - he said there were lots of clips but most he thought fans had seen - their aim was to find the best quality for the film narrative. He did say there was an hilarious story Dolly told about Linda baking a pie to bring along to one of the Trio recording sessions .... he started to laugh while he remembered it but said it wasn’t relevant to the film and so was omitted. But it’s on the DVD!
Finally he said Linda was very reluctant to do this, thinking no one was interested in her story and that she didn’t want to live in the past - I guess the success at the box office tells a different story (which he said has been wonderful news for them all). Linda was almost completely hands off during the entire programme making, most of her voiceover was from previous interviews apart from a couple of tapes sessions at her home in 2019. They held a private screening for her, with some of her friends, just as they were about the lock the film for release. She sat at the back of the cinema on her own, he couldn’t see her reaction but afterwards said they had done a good job and there was nothing she wanted to change.
It was great to hear her voice fill the theatre again!
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Post by the Scribe on Nov 6, 2019 4:38:02 GMT -5
Were there many at the screening? Do you think there are many people in the UK and Europe that remember her to make this a success or will this be a very limited engagement? I am thinking outside of the USA Linda might be the most popular in Canada, Mexico and Australia and even then just for the generation who listened to music during her popular years. This documentary tops off a life well lived in the music world but did you feel anything was missing in the film that you believe would have made it more "real?"
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Post by fabtastique on Nov 6, 2019 7:36:05 GMT -5
Were there many at the screening? Do you think there are many people in the UK and Europe that remember her to make this a success or will this be a very limited engagement? I am thinking outside of the USA Linda might be the most popular in Canada, Mexico and Australia and even then just for the generation who listened to music during her popular years. This documentary tops off a life well lived in the music world but did you feel anything was missing in the film that you believe would have made it more "real?" It was a small event, around 100 seats and I would say that it was 90% full - I haven’t seen the preview showing advertised anywhere so I guess most of the people who went were members of the V&A or subscribed for event updates. I would not have know about it if Tony had not told me. I’m not sure how it will fair in the cinema if it does get a wider release in UK cinema - she’s not greatly known here any longer, only for the occasional hit song. The director did say that this was the first showing outside of the US and he was proud to be showing it here .... which was nice to hear! I personally wish there was more depth in the 1980s and that 90s / 00s were covered in some detail but I get that 70s was her superstardom and the folk / rock / country person that she is most remembered for. |
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Post by eddiejinnj on Nov 6, 2019 7:36:21 GMT -5
I think in Japan she has a following? Not sure!!!! I am so happy for you, Fab. If I can ask a question. The pic seems like it is in a kind of small room that almost reminds me of a classroom. Is that the theater or? eddiejinnj
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Post by eddiejinnj on Nov 6, 2019 7:43:39 GMT -5
Well I guess to keep costs down and the running length down they had to cut it off somewhere. I do hear what you are saying and I wish they covered more and as far as I'm concerned. The movie could have been 3 hours and I would love every minute of it. They did get the most dramatic genre shifts included in movie. Folk pop rock at beginning merging into country rock pop then Pirates then Nelson then Mexican. eddiejinnj
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Post by fabtastique on Nov 6, 2019 8:36:58 GMT -5
I think in Japan she has a following? Not sure!!!! I am so happy for you, Fab. If I can ask a question. The pic seems like it is in a kind of small room that almost reminds me of a classroom. Is that the theater or? eddiejinnj It was shown in a small theatre of around 100 seats .... great sound for a small room, Linda voice really filled the space. I haven’t been to that part of town for a long time - the V&A is a particularly wonderful building and I’m tempted to go back this weekend and tour the museum now  |
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Post by Richard W on Nov 7, 2019 9:58:01 GMT -5
So glad you got to see it, Sean.
I agree about the lopping off of her late-career output. I understand time constraints, but even a 30-second montage of album covers spotlighting Winter Light, We Ran, Feels Like Home, Dedicated, Merry Little Christmas, FRENESI (!), Humming, Adieu False Heart would at least inform unaware viewers that her career did not end with Cry Like a Rainstorm.
Still, I loved it, and saw it twice in the theater.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Nov 8, 2019 8:31:50 GMT -5
Good idea Rich!!!! Maybe they could do some bonus/extended version footage for the DVD where they add like 5 or 10 mins just to review the latter part of her career. They could also point out that Linda, herself, said she did her best singing at around age 50 until symptoms of her illness started. They could show one clip from the 90's where she nailed a song and also a quick montage of her latter recordings. Yes and also it would be interesting to note how Frenesi came about as it is of Afro-Cuban descent. eddiejinnj
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2021 5:03:36 GMT -5
I hope the same for "Linda and The Mockingbirds".
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