I Saw The Light

Year:	2016
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Genre:	Biography, Drama, Music
IMDB:	IMDB Page
Rating:	4.0 Rate
Collection:	Seen It Wishlist
Community:	3 Have Seen


Director	Marc Abraham
Selected Cast	Tom Hiddleston as Hank Williams
	Elizabeth Olsen as Audrey Williams
	Bradley Whitford as Fred Rose
	Cherry Jones as Lillie Williams

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jaimeeduardo 12th Oct 2020



Twistin 9th May 2020		Rated 4/10 Glossy art-house film that attempts to take a fresh new approach to Hank Williams' biography. Problem is, nobody has ever seemed interested in making a true, detailed biopic of Williams' life to begin with. What hurts I Saw the Light the most is that the production design, the cinematography, the mood -- they're all meticulously (and strategically) rendered as neo-noir, more conducive to a film like L.A. Confidential than any type of music bio narrative. Even an obituary would be more uptempo than Marc Abraham's gloomy vision. Mind you, it's technically bulletproof, but the dark imagery and syrupy lens work would be more at home in a solemn French drama or a slasher film. Completely absent from anything resembling joy, Hank's life is represented as a disturbed state of internal anguish, personal demons and drunken incidents. Not only is his life dragged down into this chasm, but the entire era appears cold, isolated and depressing. You never get the impression that the true story is on display, rather interpreted as tortured declination. I Saw the Light only sees the light as Hank's death, opting to exhibit a disintegrating map that leads to that epilogue. A typical bio-pic will load you up with the highlights of one's life before getting to the descent. A number of events depicted in the film completely lop-off the good parts (ie, Hanks's debut at the Grand Ole Opry, leaving out Hank's becoming the first artist to receive six encores!) Filmmakers seem to only be able to focus on one dimension of Hank Williams, and this is yet another shallow, misguided venture into a troubled, yet multi-dimensional artist. 7 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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