Amy - Asif Kapadia's (Senna) Amy Winehouse biopic

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I think the Press come out of it just as bad too.

I think it was clear as day her ex husband Blake only got back with her, to have a easy revenue to buy his drugs. He clearly got rid of her the first time with ease to get with his ex, before Rehab and Back to Black made her a mega star, he came crawling back. But the documentary clearly stated she wasn't forced into her heavy drug habit, she gladly went head first to be like him.

I can see why her Dad doesn't like this film, he clearly didn't like what he saw. He comes out of it like a fame loving, money grabbing careless father who thought about his daughter second and her fame first. Even before watching the Documentary I always got the feeling he thought he was a big a star as his daughter. The scene when he bought the documentary crew to the island when his daughter was trying to keep a low profile and clean up, giving out to her in front of other people about not been nicer to the two fans and especially telling not to do rehab when she clearly needed help. He's not a Evil man but just a careless and selfish one. Her mother seemed like walk over when she needed to be stronger for her daughter (you could tell she had it hard with Amy's beloved grandmother) and her second manager who was her promoter first didn't come out either smelling of roses.

Not to say Amy wasn't without her own faults, She was clearly her own worst enemy and clearly was a troubled soul, suffering from a eating disorder and depression from a early age. She could be cruel and she seemed to push away the ones she should have held closer to anyone (her first manager, her two best friends since childhood, they acted more like what her real parents should have acted) and I thought her Jamician bodyguard seemed like a good soul too.

The performance footage was excellent, on her best days she was clearly a top performer but the last performance in Serbia was self sabotage at it's highest order. I loved the early footage filmed by her first manager Nick, and her friends. Once Blake comes onto the scene, you could sense things were going to turn dark. I didn't know she was clean of drugs for three years before her death, she did look better (aside from her last performance) then she did during her Back to Black era. I loved how nervous she was during her duet with her hero Tony Bennett and she wanted to be perfect. Clearly top artists like Bennett and Mos Def had a ton of respect for her, and I think to this day Back To Black is one of the best albums around.

I think it's certainly one of the best documentaries made about a Musician I've seen but a deeply sad and downbeat one.

The Winehouse family would like to disassociate themselves from the forthcoming film about their much missed and beloved Amy. The documentary about her life will be released this summer and receive its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.

They feel that the film is a missed opportunity to celebrate her life and talent and that it is both misleading and contains some basic untruths. There are specific allegations made against family and management that are unfounded and unbalanced. The narrative is formed by the testimony of a narrow sample of Amy’s associates, many of whom had nothing to do with her in the last years of her life. Counter views expressed to the filmmakers did not make the final cut.

Fundamentally, the Winehouse family believes that the film does a disservice to individuals and families suffering from the complicated affliction of addiction. By misunderstanding the condition and its treatment, the film suggests for instance that not enough was done for Amy, that her family and management pushed her into performing or did not do enough to help her.

In reality, the filmmakers were told of a huge effort from all concerned to help Amy at all stages of her illness and their constant presence in her life throughout, as well as that of many excellent medical professionals. As many families know, addiction cannot begin to be treated properly until the individual helps themselves and there is no 'one size fits all' solution.

Furthermore, Amy was an adult who could never be told what she could and could not do. Through their work with the Amy Winehouse Foundation, Amy’s family have met many others enduring through the same struggle that they endured and have helped hundreds of disadvantaged young people in Amy’s name. They will continue to do so and hope their work creates more understanding of a terrible illness.

She suffered from bulimia very badly. That's not, like, a revelation – you knew just by looking at her… She would have died eventually, the way she was going, but what really killed her was the bulimia… I think that it left her weaker and more susceptible. Had she not had an eating disorder, she would have been physically stronger.