Janis Joplin
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Janis Joplin's evolution into a star from letters that Joplin wrote over the years to her friends, family, and collaborators.
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| Release Date | 2015-09-09 |
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| Runtime | 1h 46m |
| Directors | Amy J. Berg, Ronan Killeen, Paula Huidobro, Ben Bloodwell, Sean Kirby, Jenna Rosher, Francesco Carrozzini, Jimmy Lindsey |
| Producers | Jeff Jampol, Katherine LeBlond, Amy J. Berg, Alex Gibney, Michael Raimondi, Jayne Goldsmith, Regina K. Scully, Michael Kantor, Jonathan McHugh, Stacey Offman, Susan Lacy, Noah C. Haeussner, Diana Lady Dougan, Kenny Nemes, Stephanie Sklar |
| Writer | Amy J. Berg |
This was solid and very enjoyable. My lady and I are huge classic rock and blues aficionados, and we tend to especially enjoy biopics of great musicians, so when I found out this was out, it was a natural accompaniment with a big bottle of Chilean red wine for a date night indoors. Greatly talented yet ill-starred musicians that are quickly catapulted to superstardom only to die in hideous and tragic circumstances are particularly fascinating--and Janis Joplin certainly fits the bill.
I'm not sure I've seen any other of Amy Berg's works, but this was very well thought out and made. I haven't seen any other films about Janis, but in seeing this I can't see how any other could be any more definitive.
Now to see the recent ones on Chet Baker, Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix...
— talisencrw