Lightning in a Bottle (documentary)

Movie
German title	Lightning in a Bottle
Original title	Lightning in a Bottle
Country of production	United States
Publishing year	2004
length	103 minutes
Rod
Director	Antoine Fuqua
production	Margaret Bodde , ; Alex Gibney , ; Jack Gulick
music	Steve Jordan
camera	Greg Andracke , ; Lisa Rinzler
cut	Bob Eisenhardt, ; Keith Salmon
occupation
	Aerosmith; Gregg Allman; India.Arie; James Blood Ulmer; Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown; Ruth Brown; Solomon Burke; Natalie Cole; Shemekia Copeland; Bill Cosby; Robert Cray; Chuck D; Dr. John; Honeyboy Edwards; John Fogerty; Macy Gray; Buddy guy; John Hammond; Levon helmet; David Johansen; Larry Johnson; Angélique Kidjo; BB King; Jimmie Vaughan;

Lightning in a Bottle is a documentary directed by Antoine Fuqua from 2004 that shows recordings from the concert of the same name, Lightning in a Bottle , which Steven Tyler and Joe Perry held on February 7, 2003 in honor of BB King at Radio City Music Hall in New York hosted. The documentary also provides additional background information on the various blues legends, some of which appeared at this concert, and thus thematically continues the series of TV documentary films produced by Martin Scorsese called The Blues about legends of this musical form in 2003 , but became international Film festivals shown as an independent film and can also be purchased separately in stores. In addition, the film tries to cover the entire spectrum of blues musicians in 103 minutes through the concert recording and the additional information and not just individual periods and sections. The film had its world premiere on February 12, 2004 at the International Film Festival in Berlin and was released in Germany on August 5, 2004.

action

In his documentation, Fuqua combines excerpts from the concert with excerpts from the life of the musicians, backstage interviews and older film clips with, from and about legends such as Leadbelly , Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker . The 30 artists in the concert include Bonnie Raitt , Robert Cray , Solomon Burke , BB King and Natalie Cole .

background

The film attempts an informative study of the blues by depicting a colorful mix of songs, written in crude language and characterized by their robust lyrics.

The title of the film and the concert, Lightning in a Bottle , describes an almost impossible task as well as an unexpected and fleeting media success.

The documentary was released by Sony Pictures Classic.

reception

Lightning in a Bottle was rated positively by 87% of the 63 Rotten Tomatoes critics . The film pays tribute to the blues by attempting to pay homage to the musicians through backstage interviews and additional footage.

Awards

Antoine Fuqua was nominated for Best Director at the 2005 Black Reel Award for Lightning in a Bottle . At the same award ceremony Margaret Bodde, Alex Gibney and Jack Gulick were able to win them as producers (best film, musical or comedy) . Also in 2005 the film was nominated for the best documentary at the Satellite Awards for the Golden Satellite Award .

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Stephen Holden: A Life Force Called the Blues In: The New York Times, October 22, 2004.
↑ Lightning in a Bottle In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 2, 2015.

[1] Stephen Holden: A Life Force Called the Blues In: The New York Times, October 22, 2004.

[2] Lightning in a Bottle In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 2, 2015.