Amy Winehouse
This has been stated by Asif Kapadia, director of 'Amy', the film about the life of Amy Winehouse nominated for the next Oscars in the category of Best Documentary. Kapadia, 2010 BAFTA winner for his documentary on the career of three-time Brazilian Formula 1 champion Ayrton Senna, spoke In an interview about how this film has managed to change the view that the public had of the artist during her last years of life.
'Amy' has become the second most successful documentary at the UK box office, managing to raise the figure of 3.44 million pounds, 21 awards, 22 nominations and that pending Oscar that we have discussed a little above.
Asif Kapadia claimed that the success of 'Amy' was due in large part to the fact that have been able to address the misconceptions that the public had about the artist: “Much of the last phase of Amy Winehouse's life was based only on the bad things and all those times when we did not see her in good condition. We all knew her songs, but we didn't know how much they meant to her, how personal they became or how painful they were for her to write. I think that now we know and respect the person more. People adored her voice, but she wasn't necessarily respected as a human being. Now there is love for her, the artist and the person, which is great ».
As a counterpoint to this success and, above all, to Kapadia's vision, there is that of Mitch Winehouse, Amy's father, who after having harshly criticized the documentary She is - in theory, since it has been a long time since it has been known how this project is going - preparing a new project about her daughter's life. According to Mitch Winehouse, Kapadia failed to show Amy's true personality or sense of humor.