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2011 · documentary · music

Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon

Directed by Andrew Eastel2h 29m2011

ElsewhereIMDb7.21k

tender

Movie DNA

Neutral, steady, measured documentary / music, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, tender, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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See Michael Jackson, one of the most recognizable and popular entertainers of all time, like never before in the feature-length tribute Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon. Known to millions of fans worldwide for his record-breaking albums, groundbreaking music videos, mesmerizing dance moves and humanitarian efforts, his true story has never really been told...until now. This unprecedented look into the King of Pop's fascinating life includes all-new interviews with his mother Katherine Jackson as well as siblings Tito and Rebbie Jackson, his nephew Jaafar Jackson and niece Tahkyah brings plenty Jackson and Friends ends and music legends such as Smokey Robinson, Dionne Warwick and his 3 children and many more.

Our read · Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon (2011) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded documentary · music entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

Cast

Michael Jackson David Gest Tito Jackson Rebbie Jackson Katherine Jackson

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The shape of Michael Jackson

DNA · twelve axes

The reading.

Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy

Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic

Intensity · GentleExtreme

Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal

Hope · NihilisticRedemptive

Stakes · IntimateEpic

Humour · NoneBroad

Reality · GroundedFantastical

Density · SparseTwisty

Warmth · ColdTender

Auteur · TransparentSignature

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