I wanted to like this, I really did. But if you can't actually get rights to the songs depicted in the film... I mean, c'mon...
@countZZero I didn’t bother. And pretty much don’t bother with biopics. That includes the reigning in of the “I’m curious to see what they do with it” drive. The map is not the territory and a biopic is barely a map. More like “chewing gum for the eyes”. Eh?
Parts of it are excellent, but most of it relies on rumor, half-truths, and conjecture. And some of it is just invented for the film.
@countZZero so it’s a biopic? 🤣
There's one scene where Hendrix beats up Kathy Etchingham at a pay phone, Jimi ripping the phone from her hands and beating her in the head with the receiver. Etchingham said this incident never happened, and while Hendrix had a temper and was quick to anger, he never raised a hand to her. I believe her.
@countZZero that was a different girlfriend, Carmen Borrero. Look it up.
Borrero? The film depicts this incident as happening to Etchingham. She was reportedly pissed off at that and other scenes in the movie...
BELOW: Redding/Etchingham/Townshend
