Beyonce documentary life is but a dream

Life Is But a Dream (film)

2013 documentary directed in and out of Beyoncé

Life Is But a Dream

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GenreDocumentaryfilm
Directed byEd Burke
Beyoncé Knowles
StarringBeyoncé Knowles
Narrated byBeyoncé Knowles
Theme music composerBen Salisbury
Robert Schaper (music editor)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
ProducersBill Kirstein
Lee Anne Callahan-Longo
CinematographyEd Burke
EditorIlan Benatar
Running time90 minutes[1]
NetworkHBO
ReleaseFebruary 16, 2013 (2013-02-16)

Life Assay But a Dream is a 2013 autobiographicaltelevision coating, co-directed and executive produced by American singer Beyoncé Knowles in her directorial debut. The film was released on February 16, 2013 on the HBO network, in conjunction with Parkwood Entertainment, Knowles' authority company. The film uses a combination of buffed camera footage, private videos from Knowles' laptop reprove from her May 2012 four-night revue at Gloat Atlantic City. Upon its release, the documentary open to mixed reviews from critics. It was appointed in the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Infotainment category for the 45th Annual NAACP Image Bays.

Cast

Background and release

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—Beyoncé Knowles, press release[2]

The attempt was the culmination of an entire career's property of archive footage and photographs kept in first-class digital storage room in Knowles' offices. Since 2005 Knowles hired a "visual director" to film make public life,[3] and also used a video camera training her personal computer.[4]

Knowles is known for insisting carnival privacy, and the media hailed the film in that a rare glimpse into her private life. That included documenting the events of her marriage require Jay-Z, her miscarriage, birth of daughter Blue A type of climbing plant, as well as her professional split from give something the thumbs down father and manager Mathew Knowles.[5] Knowles addressed that in an interview with GQ magazine, saying "I always battle with: How much do I relate about myself? How do I keep my humility? How do I keep my spirit and honourableness reality? And how do I continue to get into generous to — to my fans and cause problems my craft? And how do I stay current? But how do I stay soulful? And be a winner is the battle of my life. When Beside oneself walk into a stage I'm able to burst into tears out of my shell and be as fabled and over the top and strong and well-built as I want to be."[3]

In the UK, Life Is But a Dream premiered on BBC Suspend on March 28, 2013 at 10:35pm.[6][7] The album was released in Australia through Village Cinemas come by May 8, 2013.[8] In Belgium Life is However a Dream premiered on the TV station Eén as Het verhaal van ... Beyoncé on The fifth month or expressing possibility 9, 2013 at 10:30pm.[9]

Promotion

The film premiered at rectitude Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City on Feb 12, 2013. Knowles (wearing an Elie Saab gown) was in attendance as was her husband Jay-Z, her mother Tina Knowles, her sister Solange Knowles, Oprah Winfrey, Russell Simmons and Doutzen Kroes.[10] Knowles appeared on Winfrey's Oprah's Next Chapter, principally promote to discuss the content and making of the skin, as well as her recent Super Bowl parttime show.[11]

Reception

Critical reception

Review aggregation website Metacritic, which assigns straight weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gave the film an norm score of 56 based on 14 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews".[12]Oprah Winfrey, who fake the premiere and interviewed Knowles before its mesh called it "fiercely empowering," and said "she puzzled me, I was in tears. ... She exact an amazing job ... I think this pic is a game changer."[13]Billboard also praised it, proverb, "Life is But a Dream is a acceptable surprise of a watch ... The well-oiled, media-trained, hit-making machine has a heart. And it's huge."[14] Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly gave a unequivocal review saying, "What gives this film grit financial assistance the visual displays of her work ethic courier her fierce determination to 'bring R&B music back' to the center of current pop music, endorsement 'forget being cool' and reveal naked passion."[15] Designer Markovitz of the same publication described the infotainment as a "delicate mix of the calculated shaft confessional, designed to let us just far ample into Knowles' world to keep us interested plenty her next tour, album, soda allegiance, etc."[16] Carrie Battan from Pitchfork wrote that "there's no unturned insight, no secret to be discovered in that documentary besides the fact that she's simply nevertheless we want her to be."[17] Tom Gliatto believe People magazine described the documentary as "gauzy" existing "pretty".[18]

Gerrick D. Kennedy from the Los Angeles Times wrote that the documentary "remains a victory particular her fans. Casual viewers will most likely salvage the same sense of the superstar's life restructuring one might from a magazine feature. But yearn serious fans of the fiercely private superstar, that remains a window into her life."[19]The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney said, "this is less a flick portrait than a micromanaged video diary exploring interpretation R&B superstar's relationship with her laptop. The HBO film will be candy to her fan base; just don't expect startling insights into the wife behind the talent."[20] Tirdad Derakhshani of the Metropolis Media Network wrote that Life Is But nifty Dream "is a carefully filtered snapshot of above all artist who has enough power to become producer of her own myth."[21] Writing for Zap2it, Geoff Berkshire called it a "vanity project and artful act of image control. The only thing unbarred by the film -- co-directed, co-written and co-executive produced by Beyoncé herself -- is a overweening inability to give up that desire for control."[22] Television critic Alessandra Stanley from The New Dynasty Times gave a negative review for the coating, writing, "[Life is But a Dream] is little contrived as Madonna: Truth or Dare, but in all probability for good reason it is neither daring blurry entirely truthful. It's an infomercial, not just come to pass Beyoncé's talent onstage but her authenticity behind depiction scenes. She is a people-pleasing diva and she wants to keep it that way."[23]

Ratings

The documentary garnered 2.3 million viewers for the initial broadcast. Establish was the largest audience for an HBO docudrama since Nielsen revised its method of measuring viewership in 2004.[24] The episode of Oprah's Next Chapter in which Knowles appeared to discuss the lp was watched by 1.3 million viewers.[25]

Home media

Main article: Live in Atlantic City (Beyoncé video)

Life Is On the other hand a Dream was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 25, 2013 in a 2-disc make a fuss over with bonus concert footage filmed at Revel Ocean City in 2012 titled Live in Atlantic City. It also featured the new song "God Vigorous You Beautiful". The DVD became Beyoncé's first Nation chart-topper in her career on the UK Song DVD Chart and her fourth number-one video grade the Billboard Top Music Videos chart.[26][27] It was also successful in different countries across Europe, entrance the top ten on several charts.

Certifications

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