Destined for Blues
- sombre
Sombre, steady, measured drama / music, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →The life of Ryszard Riedel, former leader of cult Polish rock-blues band Dzem, including the history of his family relationships, music career and addiction to alcohol and drugs.
Our read · Destined for Blues (2005) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · music · history entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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The shape of Destined for Blues
What watching it is actually like.
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The reading.
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