Review of Bird (1988) by Zenobia O — 06 Jul 2009
YAWN as usual when it comes to Clint Eastwood movies. And of course the writers would take a great opportunity to tell the story of one of the most influential black musicians ever and make it ALL about the white people in his life. Seriously Red Rodney was more important than Dizzie Gillespie?? And not so much as a mention of Monk, Miles, Max Roach, Count Basie...Okay, whatever.
Forest Whitaker is excellent as usual. But it would have been nice to see the story of a great artist and his music, and not just the drugs and sex.
Also the lighting is horrible. Apparently the cinematographer had no lessons in lighting black people because for 80% of the movie you can't even see the main character.
This review of Bird (1988) was written by Zenobia O on 06 Jul 2009.
Bird has generally received very positive reviews.
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