Judy (2019)
- sombre
- intense
Sombre, steady, measured drama / biography, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →Thirty years after starring in 'The Wizard of Oz', beloved actress and singer Judy Garland arrives in London to perform sold-out shows at the Talk of the Town nightclub. While there, she reminisces with friends and fans and begins a whirlwind romance with musician Mickey Deans, her soon-to-be fifth husband.
Our read · Judy (2019) (2019) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · biography · music entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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The shape of Judy
What watching it is actually like.
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The reading.
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