Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami [DVD]

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Yet here we discover her as lover, daughter, mother, sister and even grandmother, as she submits herself to our gaze and allows us to understand what constitutes her mask. I just wanted to tell you guys at MVR that I am absolutely delighted with the DVD I bought from you. This is the music that established Jones; glossily theatrical, toughly camp party pieces with portentous overtones. The director, Sophie Fiennes spends five years gathering personal footage of Grace, giving an overall homage to this lively, fierce individual.

That means that with every subscription, we are supporting people in poverty to get back on their own two feet. Concert footage looks the best, pretty clear, clean and sharp, with deep, rich colors and good fine details of Jones' face, makeup, costumes and head-wear.Sophie Fiennes’s documentary goes beyond the traditional music biography, offering a portrait as stylish and unconventional as its subject. Please presume that any reference to a digital copy/UV copy will not be applicable, as these are used items.

Until now, that is, as director Fiennes cameras follow the persona from the stage in NYC, into the shower of the Presidential Suite, and on to her mother's humble kitchen table in Jamaica. The goods and services will be collected by us within 28 days of our receiving your cancellation notice and we will charge the cost of collecting the goods or services, and will deduct this from any sum owed by us to you.These personal songs also link to Grace's family life, as the film takes us on a holiday road trip across Jamaica, where her family roots and the story of her traumatic childhood are uncovered.

A mix of concert doc and intimate verité, Fiennes has crafted a film that feels like Stop Making Sense via Frederick Wiseman. Artfully constructed, lyrical, poignant and invigorating, Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami is Highly Recommended. It can be a tad disconcerting to start from concert footage ('Slave to the Rhythm') and then straight on to Jones eating fish-heads with her family, but that's the way Fiennes puts things together. This Company does not however exclude liability for death or personal injury caused by its negligence.In all her apparent contradictions, Grace Jones may appear an exception, but she is also a point of identification: she is the exception that proves the rule.