How do you catch one of the greatest music legends of all time in a two-hour movie

How do you catch one of the greatest music legends of all time in a two-hour movie? Impossible, the creators will Jimi: All Is by My Side have thought. Unlike biopics about great musicians such as Ray and Walk the Line director John Ridley did not go looking for clues in the dramatic life of Jimi Hendrix. Indeed, the biggest milestones of his career are not even addressed.

Ridley ends his film with Jimi ?? s departure to the Monterey International Pop Music Festival in 1967. From the legendary action would follow there (after a virtuoso act Hendrix put his guitar on fire to save him then piece on stage) show we have nothing, let alone Woodstock two years later, often as his best performance is seen. And even from the period Ridley does deal with, some things remain out of the picture. Famous plates as ?? Hey Joe ?? and Purple Haze ?? ?? for example, were then already, but are not told in All Is by My Side. The latter also has to do with the fact that the relatives of Hendrix refused to provide his music for the film.

You could say that this is not a film for the inveterate fans of Jimi Hendrix, but really this is just an interesting movie for them. The famous music, performances and interviews are indeed to be found anywhere. The only value of a literal dramatization would therefore have to check how truthful went to work the creators and actors. But what's that? Especially with an artist like Hendrix, for whom always hung a certain mystery (also because of his untimely death), has a list of little importance well known facts.

Rightly, therefore, that John Ridley, writer of 12 Years a Slave, not fixated on where Hendrix to today is known, or to stress his incomparable talent. In All is by My Side is the artist a capricious personality, not direct anyone to love. On one hand, he says, for example, do not have big ambitions and let him carry himself as an uninhibited child in the music world. But on the other hand he also seems to understand exactly who he needs to move forward. A guest appearance by the incumbent Eric Clapton, he plays on the stage, is significant in this respect. And while he proclaims that he is an advocate of love and peace, he gets downright aggressive in the corner when someone stands in the way of his musical career.

The Hendrix All is by My Side Is ?? his audience after ?? no one loved. He's doing exactly what he himself wants to, regardless of who he hurts them. Yet it is thanks to leading actor Andre Benjamin (best known music duo OutKast) never a complete bastard. A convincing role, not only because he Hendrix ?? both on stage and outside ?? good mimics, but also because it makes a credible man of him.

Also in the film itself, attention is paid to more Hendrix than just a nasty, limited social personality. He has scars on his wrists for example, can a normal telephone conversation with his father perform and is harassed on the streets by racist cops. Discussions about he goes out of the way. Is that unwillingness or inability? In any case lies a certain tragedy in which Ridley ?? right ?? never appoint emphatically. This not only makes this a compelling biopic man Jimi Hendrix, but he likes the air of mystery surrounding the phenomenon in music mode.