'Broken English' Reappraises Faithfull's Legacy at Venice
The film blends documentary and fiction to reappraise Marianne Faithfull's artistic legacy beyond her public struggles, featuring her last musical performance and notable collaborators.
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'Broken English' reappraises Faithfull's legacy at Venice
The life and career of British singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull are reappraised at the Venice Film Festival in "Broken English", a movie that mixes documentary and fiction in an effort to redress her often distorted public image. "Marianne was an artist's artist ... but public perception had been frozen and been stuck. And I think that were it left to AI, broken data is just going to stay broken," said Jane Pollard who co-directed with fello…
‘Broken English’ Review: An Imaginative, Fittingly Eccentric Documentary Pays Starry Tribute to Marianne Faithfull
Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard call on Tilda Swinton and other stars to honor British singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull in doc 'Broken English.
The documentary “Broken English” about Marianne Faithfull had its world premiere yesterday in the out-of-competition section of the Venice Film Festival. Filmed in the last years of Faithfull’s life and… “Broken English”: The documentary about Marianne Faithfull had its world premiere in Venice - ΙΝΑΤΕΜΟΠΟΡΙΚΙ


Too many documentaries about the world of rock exist only to pat their protagonists on the back or to air their dirty rags; and most of them, likewise, are limited to mixing images of truffled concerts of hysterical fan plans with a handful of talking busts; that is, almost all those films are the same.The ones made by directors Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth, on the other hand, are something else.
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