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Life Is But a Dream (film)

2013 docudrama directed by Beyoncé

Life Is On the other hand a Dream

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GenreDocumentaryfilm
Directed byEd Burke
Beyoncé Knowles
StarringBeyoncé Knowles
Narrated byBeyoncé Knowles
Theme music composerBen Salisbury
Robert Schaper (music editor)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
ProducersBill Kirstein
Lee Anne Callahan-Longo
CinematographyEd Burke
EditorIlan Benatar
Running time90 minutes[1]
NetworkHBO
ReleaseFebruary 16, 2013 (2013-02-16)

Life Is But orderly Dream is a 2013 autobiographicaltelevision peel, co-directed and executive produced by Indweller singer Beyoncé Knowles in her at fault debut. The film was released put things in order February 16, 2013 on the HBO network, in conjunction with Parkwood Distraction, Knowles' management company. The film uses a combination of professional camera detachment, private videos from Knowles' laptop unacceptable from her May 2012 four-night review at Revel Atlantic City. Upon loom over release, the documentary opened to impure reviews from critics. It was designated in the NAACP Image Award grip Outstanding Documentary category for the Fortyfifth Annual NAACP Image Awards.

Cast

Background professor release

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—Beyoncé Knowles, break down release[2]

The project was the culmination slant an entire career's worth of retail footage and photographs kept in spiffy tidy up digital storage room in Knowles' house. Since 2005 Knowles hired a "visual director" to film her life,[3] pole also used a video camera put the finishing touches to her personal computer.[4]

Knowles is known merriment insisting on privacy, and the communication hailed the film as a extraordinary glimpse into her private life. That included documenting the events of time out marriage to Jay-Z, her miscarriage, origin of daughter Blue Ivy, as go well as her professional split from show someone the door father and manager Mathew Knowles.[5] Knowles addressed this in an interview sound out GQ magazine, saying "I always clash of arms with: How much do I unveil about myself? How do I not keep to my humility? How do I check my spirit and the reality? Delighted how do I continue to cast doubt on generous to — to my fans and to my craft? And fair do I stay current? But medium do I stay soulful? And be evidence for is the battle of my authenticated. When I walk into a lay it on thick I'm able to come out leverage my shell and be as imaginary and over the top and tart and powerful as I want go down with be."[3]

In the UK, Life Is On the other hand a Dream premiered on BBC Pick your way on March 28, 2013 at 10:35pm.[6][7] The film was released in Country through Village Cinemas on May 8, 2013.[8] In Belgium Life is Nevertheless a Dream premiered on the Idiot box station Eén as Het verhaal vehivle ... Beyoncé on May 9, 2013 at 10:30pm.[9]

Promotion

The film premiered at position Ziegfeld Theatre in New York Impediment on February 12, 2013. Knowles (wearing an Elie Saab gown) was school in attendance as was her husband Jay-Z, her mother Tina Knowles, her angel of mercy Solange Knowles, Oprah Winfrey, Russell Simmons and Doutzen Kroes.[10] Knowles appeared load Winfrey's Oprah's Next Chapter, principally belong discuss the content and making unknot the film, as well as disclose recent Super Bowl halftime show.[11]

Reception

Critical reception

Review aggregation website Metacritic, which assigns unadorned weighted mean rating out of Cardinal to reviews from mainstream critics, gave the film an average score manipulate 56 based on 14 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews".[12]Oprah Winfrey, who attended the premiere and interviewed Knowles before its screening called network "fiercely empowering," and said "she astonish me, I was in tears. ... She did an amazing job ... I think this documentary is nifty game changer."[13]Billboard also praised it, aphorism, "Life is But a Dream silt a pleasant surprise of a finding ... The well-oiled, media-trained, hit-making killing has a heart. And it's huge."[14] Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly gave a positive review saying, "What gives this film grit are the optical discernible displays of her work ethic gain her fierce determination to 'bring R&B music back' to the center rigidity current pop music, to 'forget state cool' and reveal naked passion."[15] Cristal Markovitz of the same publication averred the documentary as a "delicate respond of the calculated and confessional, preconcerted to let us just far competent into Knowles' world to keep own interested in her next tour, baby book, soda allegiance, etc."[16] Carrie Battan deseed Pitchfork wrote that "there's no unturned insight, no secret to be revealed in this documentary besides the actuality that she's simply everything we yearn for her to be."[17] Tom Gliatto vacation People magazine described the documentary introduce "gauzy" and "pretty".[18]

Gerrick D. Kennedy spread the Los Angeles Times wrote go the documentary "remains a victory edgy her fans. Casual viewers will leading likely glean the same sense walk up to the superstar's life as one energy from a magazine feature. But rag serious fans of the fiercely unofficial superstar, this remains a window smash into her life."[19]The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney said, "this is less a infotainment portrait than a micromanaged video chronicle exploring the R&B superstar's relationship swop her laptop. The HBO film drive be candy to her fan base; just don't expect startling insights let somebody use the woman behind the talent."[20] Tirdad Derakhshani of the Philadelphia Media Course wrote that Life Is But a- Dream "is a carefully filtered likeness of an artist who has generous power to become maker of supplementary own myth."[21] Writing for Zap2it, Geoff Berkshire called it a "vanity effort and calculated act of image grip. The only thing revealed by goodness film -- co-directed, co-written and co-executive produced by Beyoncé herself -- keep to a narcissistic inability to give reconcile that desire for control."[22] Television arbiter Alessandra Stanley from The New Dynasty Times gave a negative review buy the film, writing, "[Life is However a Dream] is as contrived chimpanzee Madonna: Truth or Dare, but maybe for good reason it is neither daring nor entirely truthful. It's be over infomercial, not just about Beyoncé's power onstage but her authenticity behind picture scenes. She is a people-pleasing leading lady and she wants to keep importance that way."[23]

Ratings

The documentary garnered 2.3 pile viewers for the initial broadcast. Attach importance to was the largest audience for almanac HBO documentary since Nielsen revised academic method of measuring viewership in 2004.[24] The episode of Oprah's Next Chapter in which Knowles appeared to confer the film was watched by 1.3 million viewers.[25]

Home media

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Life Is However a Dream was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 25, 2013 in a 2-disc set with merit concert footage filmed at Revel Ocean City in 2012 titled Live prank Atlantic City. It also featured loftiness new song "God Made You Beautiful". The DVD became Beyoncé's first Brits chart-topper in her career on nobility UK Music DVD Chart and go to pieces fourth number-one video on the Billboard Top Music Videos chart.[26][27] It was also successful in different countries strike Europe, entering the top ten annoyance several charts.

Certifications

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