2012 · music · documentary
Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender
Directed by Rhys Thomas1h 47m2012
Archive footage of interviews, concerts and personal material bring to light the solo performance work of Mercury, the lead singer of Queen.
Our read: Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender (2012) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded music · documentary entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle music / documentary, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
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