Life in 12 bars, directed by oscarwinner lili fini zanuck rush, driving miss daisy, is an unflinching and deeply personal look into the life of legendary 18time grammy winner eric clapton. This film contextualizes claptons role in contemporary music and cultural history. Clapton went deep inside himself and into american blues records, whose melancholy resonated with his own. Life in 12 bars is perfectly serviceable but without flourish, and doesnt provide any cinematic punch. Eric clapton life in 12 bars film complet vf 1080p en. Life in 12 bars and other popular tv shows and movies including new releases, classics, hulu originals, and more. Documentary charting the life of eric clapton, widely renowned as one of the greatest performers of all time. One of the saddest moments ive ever seen in a film comes more than halfway into lili fini zanucks eric clapton.
Life in 12 bars is a laborious viewing experiance, its glacial pace heightened by the films overreliance on still photography. A life in 12 bars, wont start showing showtime until february 10, but an official trailer has just been released in conjunction with its september 17 premiere at the toronto international film festival the twominute and fivesecond clip announces he loved the blues. A life in 12 bars will be shown on showcase in february and will be available on dvd. And then he lived them and features footage of clapton throughout his career and. Eric clapton life in 12 bars soundtrack due in june. He was completely alone and had no options other than to just sing and play to ease his pain. Lili fini zanuck, director of rush 1991 and the oscarwinning producer of driving miss. Life in 12 bars on dvd and bluray along along with a complementary soundtrack,featuring 5 previously unreleased tracks directed by academy award. Lili fini zanucks painstaking documentary doesnt shy away from the dark side. Abramorama and showtime networks will release the documentary eric clapton. Telecharger eric clapton life in 12 bars film complet en. Eric clapton fans can tuck away some coin for the upcoming home video release of his 2017 documentary life in 12 bars. Appealing only to the diehard clapton is god contingent and likely to disappoint a.
A life in 12 bars lili fini zanuck, director of rush 1991 and the oscarwinning producer of driving miss daisy has made a film about eric clapton, the only ever threetimeinductee to the rock and roll hall of fame, an 18time grammy award winner, and believed in some quarters as one of the greatest performers of all time. Watch eric clapton life in 12 bars prime video amazon uk. Reviewed in the united kingdom on february 28, 2019. Eric clapton life in 12 bars on showtime told through his own words, this film tells the story of clapton s life. Documentary film about eric claptons musical journey and his love for blues music, featuring live performances of blues standards covered by eric clapton as. Showtime will air the film with a broadcast premiere on feb. Its only the very start of the film that we only ever see him as he is today and the rest. Throughout the running time we learn about how his career took shape, his friendship with george harrison and the love affair that. This is a fascinating film and one that is very poignant in exposing the impact his cruel mother had on eric clapton s life. Eric clapton will complement the upcoming home release of the revealing documentary life in 12 bars with a massive soundtrack featuring five unreleased. Guitar enthusiasts, and fans of one of the legends of the instrument rejoice. Listen to trailer music, ost, original score, and the full list of popular songs in the film. Life in 12 bars, directed by oscarwinner lili fini zanuck rush, driving miss daisy, is an unflinching and deeply personal look. Recently we saw the release of the original soundtrack to the new eric clapton documentary, life in 12 bars.
It is a skilfully constructed collage of clapton s life, which repeatedly comes back to his mothers actions both when he was born but equally growing up such as the incident in germany. Factoria sonidos chile high fidelity music 1,487,006 views. The film suggests the drinking accounts for his stupid proenoch outburst in 1976 though tactfully refrains. Eric clapton announces dvd and soundtrack release for. A life in 12 bars, implies, it begins with the blues.
It was always one man with his guitar versus the world. Life in 12 bars, directed by oscarwinner lili fini zanuck rush, driving miss daisy, is an unflinching and deeply personal look into the life of legendary 18time grammy winner. Life in 12 bars original motion picture soundtrack various artists. A look at the life and work of guitarist eric clapton, told by those who have known him best, including bb king, jimi hendrix, and george harrison. Life in 12 bars features interviews with muddy waters and b. With eric clapton, duane allman, ginger baker, chuck berry. The film and soundtrack will be released in multiple formats on june 8 via umeuniversal. Told through his own words and songs, as well as those of his family, friends, musical collaborators, contemporaries and many heroes including bb king, jimi hendrix and george harrison eric clapton. The film becomes more compelling as erics personal life gets.
The threetime rock and roll hall of famer dropped the news on april at his official eric clapton website. That photo appears in lili fini zanucks absorbing but neverending documentary, along with perhaps every other still photograph. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. As one of lifes cruel ironies would have it, the plunge into sadness comes at what should have been a moment of total triumph. June 8th sees the release of the critically acclaimed documentary eric clapton. Uk released friday, 8 june 2018 life in 12 bars by eric clapton on universalumc 673 2129 barcode 602567321293 is the 2cd official soundtrack companion album to the film and offers 32tracks 29 by ec covering 1964 to 1992. Directed by lili fini zanuck, the film premiered at the toronto film.
Clapton had such a tumultuous life in the 70s and 80s alcohol and drug addiction, the relationship with pattie boyd and george harrison, the death of his son that it is unavoidable that the film deals with these matters. Eric clapton life in 12 bars on showtime told through his own words, this film tells the story of claptons life. Life in 12 bars film documentary 2017 september 8, 2017 a look at the life and work of guitarist eric clapton told by those who have known him best, including bb. A life in 12 bars, which screened at doc nyc film festival. As one of life s cruel ironies would have it, the plunge into sadness comes at what should have been a moment of total triumph. Life in 12 bars 2017 out of 4 this documentary, clocking in over two hours, features eric clapton discussing his life and career as we get clips from various concerts and television specials.
Eric clapton is the only ever threetimeinductee to the rock and roll hall of fame, is an 18time grammy award winner and widely renowned as one of the greatest performers of all time. Life in 12 bars a rather unfortunate title given its subjects severe problems with alcohol abuse. From showtime documentary films and directed by oscarwinner, lili fini zanuck, the film. Now zanuck lets him tell his life story in eric clapton. Eric clapton life in 12 bars lili fini zanucks latest film is a rockdoc that chronicles the turbulent life of eric clapton. Life in 12 bars might disappoint fans looking for reams of musical performances and abundant meditations on the art of guitar playing from its central figurehead, it instead offers up something far more enriching. Directed by oscarwinner lili fini zanuck, the film takes an unflinching and deeply personal look into the life of the legendary 18time grammy award winning guitarist and multimillion selling recording artist. Clapton talks of being practically mesmerized by music by africanamerican musicians he. It reflects on his traumatic childhood, his struggle with drugs and alcohol, the. For eric clapton, blues music made a strong impression at a young age.
This is a fascinating film and one that is very poignant in exposing the impact his cruel mother had on eric claptons life. Life in 12 bars is a moving, revealing and surprising film about one of the great artists of the modern era. Life in 12 bars is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. The legendary 18time grammy awardwinner is profiled in this documentary tribute directed by oscarwinning producer lili fini zanuck. This is the first on clapton with which hes been wholly cooperative with the film makers and its a credit to him that hes been so open about the extremely grim episodes of his life. Life in 12 bars starring eric clapton in this documentary on directv.
Life in 12 bars, i was in little doubt of its subjects vital place in the history of popular music. King eric clapton srv buddy guy and friends duration. Scarica eric clapton life in 12 bars film completo. Life in 12 bars 2017 eric clapton is the only ever threetimeinductee to the rock and roll hall of fame, is an 18time grammy award winner and widely renowned as one of the. This one succeeds in making eric clapton surprisingly interesting, but only until until he turned his life around. June 8th sees the release of the complementary ost to the new eric clapton documentary, life in 12 bars.
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