![]() ![]() Otherwise the film is the same old, same old: aspiring artists with some talent, hard times, opportunities, bickering, drugs, womanising, collapse and, sometimes, starting again. Mos Def does a fine impersonation of Chuck Berry and Byonce Knowles is Etta James singing her song, At Last, (which Beyonce also sang at President Obama's Inauguration Ball. Jeffrey Wright is co-founder, Muddy Waters, who started in the cotton fields of Mississippi. Adrien Brody is Leonard Chess, a young man who built himself up from menial jobs to club manager to entrepreneur. It is more like a collection of snapshots than a dramatic narrative. It is rather piecemeal and relies a lot on the audience's knowledge and patience. Having said that, I wish the film was more interesting than it is. They were at the centre of the black rock and roll talent of the times, especially with Chuck Berry. It is the story of the Chess label, established by Leonard Chess and in the 1940s but coming into its own in the 1950s and the managers' ability to search out and pick out the talented artists. You would need to be a devotee of old style rock and roll to be interested in this film and enjoy it. Peter Malone's Film Reviews and ResourcesĪdrienne Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Gabrielle Union, Columbus Short, Cedric the Entertainer, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Eamonn Walker, Moss Def, Beyonce Knowles, Tammy Blanchard, Eric Bogosian, Jay O.Michael Fallon Books and Audio-visual Resources.Heart of Life Centre for Spiritual and Pastoral Formation.St Mary's Towers Retreat Centre, Douglas Park NSW.Missionary Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. ![]()
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