Review of The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (2012) by Jessyca F — 03 Jun 2012

I'm not sure about the documentary itself, but this story touched me forever.

This review of The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (2012) was written by Jessyca F on 03 Jun 2012.

The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye has generally received positive reviews.

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By Sukhdev Sandhu (247) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 09 Jun 2011

Losier's portrait, like her extraordinary subject, feels like a work-in progress rather than the final word…

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By Mauricio M (143) on 16 Nov 2012

Great documentary. I didn't know that Genesis P-Orridge was the father of Industrial music…

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By Ian T (457) on 13 Dec 2015

About half of this film is arty montages and I kind of felt about it the way I feel about Genesis P-Orridge music, interesting but kind of…

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By Jeannette Catsoulis (1,537) for The New York Times (9,847) on 08 Mar 2012

Highlighting the wacky while playing down the distasteful, Marie Losier's playful profile of the English musician and artist Genesis Breyer…

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By Miles Howard (4) for Boston Phoenix (1,372) on 20 Mar 2012

The blasé result feels like a great disservice to P-Orridge, who conducts himself with genuine grace…

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By John B (4,244) on 02 Jul 2012

I admit that in part, my lower rating is attributable to the fact that I don't know really what the two ladies were out to express…

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By Kelly Vance (1,015) for East Bay Express (1,012) on 12 Mar 2012

Losier's doc is almost as obsessive as its subjects…

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By Robert S (1,498) on 25 Mar 2012

The bad reviews seem to be a result of people going into this film with certain expectations of what the story should be without just letting…

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By Keith Uhlich (870) for Time Out (7,510) on 06 Mar 2012

Losier has made a quietly revolutionary work that treats a pair of people on the fringes with the decency all humans deserve…

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By Mark Olsen (451) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 12 Apr 2012

Though the film flirts with being in a sense too intimately drawn from Jaye and P-Orridge themselves - more context from those who knew P-Orridge…

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