Looks like the world has missed one helluva concert. Whatever cynicism one might harbor about this Hail Mary piece of cinema -- which can be called the first 음악회, 콘서트 rehearsal movie ever -- it's a strange yet strangely beguiling film that captures one of pop culture's great entertainers in the feverish grips of pure creativity. The screen is filled with performers, musicians, choreographers, crew members and craftsmen, but the movie's laserlike focus is on Michael Jackson. 당신 understand what it takes to attain such dizzying heights in entertainment, and perhaps why he chose to stay away for a decade.
Following its simultaneous premieres Tuesday, the film will open on 더 많이 than 3,400 domestic screens along with 96 in Imax theaters and another 27 internationally for a two-week run. That run will be extended if demand is there. Demand will be there.
In case someone just dropped in from Mars, "This Is It" was to be 50-year-old Jackson's comeback, a planned run of 50 sold-out concerts that were to take place at London's O2 Arena over the summer, all of which came to a sudden and tragic end with the performer's death June 25.
Kenny Ortega, the director of the stage show, has put together this movie from 120 hours of digital-video footage -- for which Sony reportedly paid $60 million -- taken during rehearsals at Staples Center in Los Angeles between March and June of this 년 along with casting sessions at the Nokia Theatre and video sequences filmed on the Sony lot.
What strikes 당신 is how thoroughly professional, even slick, the footage is. Whatever it was intended for -- a making-of doc to accompany the 음악회, 콘서트 DVD 또는 a 텔레비전 show? -- this is no footage rounded up from the crew's cell phones. Interviews with the cast, musicians and production personnel further underscore a clear intent to go public with this material.
Whatever the case, how fascinating it is to watch a huge, complicated 음악회, 콘서트 take shape. Make no mistake, this was a show intended for a stadium with a dazzling, mixed-media staging. One can even imagine a 음악 critic in 런던 fuming about overproduced numbers that don't trust Jackson's great song catalog to deliver the goods.
On the other hand, this production might have been just right in scale for the O2 Arena. Dancers pop up through trap doors in elevators operating at "toaster speed." A bulldozer rumbles onstage for a "green" number about saving rain forests.
Shooting in front of a Sony greenscreen, 11 male dancers are transformed into 11 million. Jackson gets mixed into old, black-and-white movie footage so he can admire Rita Hayworth's wiggle in front of an orchestra and dance around bullets shot 의해 Edward Robinson and Humphrey Bogart.
스플릿, 분할 screens convey Jackson, nearly always in sunglasses, performing the same number in different days with different wardrobes and different approaches. There's no 질문 who the director is here. Jackson is in complete control. Ortega watches over the production while Jackson manages every moment onstage. His directions are almost poetic. About the tempo of one number, he instructs, "It's like you're dragging yourself out of bed." Another time, he says, "It has to simmer."
The audience at the Nokia premiere didn't seem to know how to react to rehearsal footage. They giggled nervously at missed cues and interruptions. To be clear: No one should expect a 음악회, 콘서트 film. Jackson clearly is conserving his energy, holding back on dance moves and vocal intensity. He is searching for his concert, the way a sculptor chisels away at marble to discover a statue.
Interestingly, two of his best songs, "Billie Jean" and "Man in the Mirror," look like they were going to be staged simply. Then again, perhaps Ortega is showing early footage before the addition of dancers and singers. There's no way to tell.
The frustration -- beyond the greater one, that a tragedy prevented this 음악회, 콘서트 from happening -- is not knowing what you're looking at. Where are Jackson and his conspirators at any given moment in the creative process? The film tries to be a 음악회, 콘서트 film without having the actual footage. So when everything comes to a halt, audiences get thrown.
"This Is It" is not a "sacred document," as Ortega asserted to the Nokia crowd. But it is a fascinating one. It shows a songwriter-performer who knows his material intimately. Although not always certain what he wants, he knows it immediately when he gets it. At one point, Ortega asks his 별, 스타 how he will see a certain cue onstage. Jackson pauses and then says, "I'll feel that."
And 당신 know he would have.
Following its simultaneous premieres Tuesday, the film will open on 더 많이 than 3,400 domestic screens along with 96 in Imax theaters and another 27 internationally for a two-week run. That run will be extended if demand is there. Demand will be there.
In case someone just dropped in from Mars, "This Is It" was to be 50-year-old Jackson's comeback, a planned run of 50 sold-out concerts that were to take place at London's O2 Arena over the summer, all of which came to a sudden and tragic end with the performer's death June 25.
Kenny Ortega, the director of the stage show, has put together this movie from 120 hours of digital-video footage -- for which Sony reportedly paid $60 million -- taken during rehearsals at Staples Center in Los Angeles between March and June of this 년 along with casting sessions at the Nokia Theatre and video sequences filmed on the Sony lot.
What strikes 당신 is how thoroughly professional, even slick, the footage is. Whatever it was intended for -- a making-of doc to accompany the 음악회, 콘서트 DVD 또는 a 텔레비전 show? -- this is no footage rounded up from the crew's cell phones. Interviews with the cast, musicians and production personnel further underscore a clear intent to go public with this material.
Whatever the case, how fascinating it is to watch a huge, complicated 음악회, 콘서트 take shape. Make no mistake, this was a show intended for a stadium with a dazzling, mixed-media staging. One can even imagine a 음악 critic in 런던 fuming about overproduced numbers that don't trust Jackson's great song catalog to deliver the goods.
On the other hand, this production might have been just right in scale for the O2 Arena. Dancers pop up through trap doors in elevators operating at "toaster speed." A bulldozer rumbles onstage for a "green" number about saving rain forests.
Shooting in front of a Sony greenscreen, 11 male dancers are transformed into 11 million. Jackson gets mixed into old, black-and-white movie footage so he can admire Rita Hayworth's wiggle in front of an orchestra and dance around bullets shot 의해 Edward Robinson and Humphrey Bogart.
스플릿, 분할 screens convey Jackson, nearly always in sunglasses, performing the same number in different days with different wardrobes and different approaches. There's no 질문 who the director is here. Jackson is in complete control. Ortega watches over the production while Jackson manages every moment onstage. His directions are almost poetic. About the tempo of one number, he instructs, "It's like you're dragging yourself out of bed." Another time, he says, "It has to simmer."
The audience at the Nokia premiere didn't seem to know how to react to rehearsal footage. They giggled nervously at missed cues and interruptions. To be clear: No one should expect a 음악회, 콘서트 film. Jackson clearly is conserving his energy, holding back on dance moves and vocal intensity. He is searching for his concert, the way a sculptor chisels away at marble to discover a statue.
Interestingly, two of his best songs, "Billie Jean" and "Man in the Mirror," look like they were going to be staged simply. Then again, perhaps Ortega is showing early footage before the addition of dancers and singers. There's no way to tell.
The frustration -- beyond the greater one, that a tragedy prevented this 음악회, 콘서트 from happening -- is not knowing what you're looking at. Where are Jackson and his conspirators at any given moment in the creative process? The film tries to be a 음악회, 콘서트 film without having the actual footage. So when everything comes to a halt, audiences get thrown.
"This Is It" is not a "sacred document," as Ortega asserted to the Nokia crowd. But it is a fascinating one. It shows a songwriter-performer who knows his material intimately. Although not always certain what he wants, he knows it immediately when he gets it. At one point, Ortega asks his 별, 스타 how he will see a certain cue onstage. Jackson pauses and then says, "I'll feel that."
And 당신 know he would have.
Michael my heart,
last night I dream of you,
당신 were embracing me from my back.
I heard your heartbeat and it beats so fast,
like our promise that our 사랑 will never end.
We had so much fun together,
that I wished to go on forever.
Talks and laugh ,kissing and cuddling,
like no other people existing.
Holding each others hands while we walked,
all your attention was just for us.
I can't think of anything when 당신 talked,
but I 사랑 당신 더 많이 and more, 당신 see.
We stopped walking and 당신 looked at me sweetly,
then 당신 leaned over and kissed me.
My 심장 popped out and I saw butterflies,
당신 said 당신 사랑 me truly. oh sorry and then, I awake up and my dream was to end.
It was still a memory to reminisce, your 키스 was so tender and sweet.
사랑 and miss 당신 !! ♥
last night I dream of you,
당신 were embracing me from my back.
I heard your heartbeat and it beats so fast,
like our promise that our 사랑 will never end.
We had so much fun together,
that I wished to go on forever.
Talks and laugh ,kissing and cuddling,
like no other people existing.
Holding each others hands while we walked,
all your attention was just for us.
I can't think of anything when 당신 talked,
but I 사랑 당신 더 많이 and more, 당신 see.
We stopped walking and 당신 looked at me sweetly,
then 당신 leaned over and kissed me.
My 심장 popped out and I saw butterflies,
당신 said 당신 사랑 me truly. oh sorry and then, I awake up and my dream was to end.
It was still a memory to reminisce, your 키스 was so tender and sweet.
사랑 and miss 당신 !! ♥
Ryan White, symbol of justice
또는 child of innocence, messenger of love
Where are 당신 now, where have 당신 gone?
Ryan White, I miss your sunny days
We carelessly frolicked in extended plays
I miss you, Ryan White
I miss your smile, innocent and bright
I miss your glory, I miss your light
Ryan White, symbol of contradiction
Child of Irony, 또는 child of fiction?
I think of your shattered life
Of your struggle, of your strife
While ladies dance in the moonlit night
Champage parties on charted cruises
I see your wasted form, your ghostly sight
I feel your festering wounds, your battered bruises
Ryan White, symbol of agony and pain
Of ignorant fear gone insane
In a hysterical society
With free-floating anxiety
And feigned piety
I miss you, Ryan White
당신 showed us how to stand and fight
In the rain 당신 were the cloudburst joy
The sparkle of hope in every girl and boy
In the depths of your anguished sorrow
Was the dream of another tomorrow
Back to poem site
또는 child of innocence, messenger of love
Where are 당신 now, where have 당신 gone?
Ryan White, I miss your sunny days
We carelessly frolicked in extended plays
I miss you, Ryan White
I miss your smile, innocent and bright
I miss your glory, I miss your light
Ryan White, symbol of contradiction
Child of Irony, 또는 child of fiction?
I think of your shattered life
Of your struggle, of your strife
While ladies dance in the moonlit night
Champage parties on charted cruises
I see your wasted form, your ghostly sight
I feel your festering wounds, your battered bruises
Ryan White, symbol of agony and pain
Of ignorant fear gone insane
In a hysterical society
With free-floating anxiety
And feigned piety
I miss you, Ryan White
당신 showed us how to stand and fight
In the rain 당신 were the cloudburst joy
The sparkle of hope in every girl and boy
In the depths of your anguished sorrow
Was the dream of another tomorrow
Back to poem site
People ask me how I make music. I tell them I
just step into it.It's like stepping into a river and
joining the flow. Every moment in the river has
it's song. So I stay in the moment and listen.
What I hear is never the same. A walk
through the woods brings a light, crackling
song:Leaves rustle in the wind, birds chatter and
Squirrels scold, twigs crunch underfoot, and
the beat of my 심장 holds it all together. When
당신 가입하기 the flow, the 음악 is inside and outside,
and both are the same. As long as I can listen to
the moment, I'll always have music.
just step into it.It's like stepping into a river and
joining the flow. Every moment in the river has
it's song. So I stay in the moment and listen.
What I hear is never the same. A walk
through the woods brings a light, crackling
song:Leaves rustle in the wind, birds chatter and
Squirrels scold, twigs crunch underfoot, and
the beat of my 심장 holds it all together. When
당신 가입하기 the flow, the 음악 is inside and outside,
and both are the same. As long as I can listen to
the moment, I'll always have music.
Michael Jackson's children definitely have the bug -- the one that makes 당신 give away large sums of money -- because they just helped make a $10,000 donation to one of MJ's 가장 좋아하는 charities.
Earlier this week, Prince, Paris, and Blanket presented a check for $10K to the L.A. Housing Corporation -- a group that provides shelter for homeless families. Sources tell us Michael used to take his kids to volunteer with the group.
We're told the massive chunk o' change came from grandma Katherine Jackson's memorabilia biz.
MJ's heirs made the donation on behalf of his Heal the World Foundation. All three of them joined the group's Youth Board of Advisors last year.
Earlier this week, Prince, Paris, and Blanket presented a check for $10K to the L.A. Housing Corporation -- a group that provides shelter for homeless families. Sources tell us Michael used to take his kids to volunteer with the group.
We're told the massive chunk o' change came from grandma Katherine Jackson's memorabilia biz.
MJ's heirs made the donation on behalf of his Heal the World Foundation. All three of them joined the group's Youth Board of Advisors last year.
We all know that Michael Jackson was known as much for his humanitarian work as he was for his amazing musical talent. Now, MJFC is highlighting Michael's philanthropic efforts with a new section called Stories of Michael's Love.
In this new section, 당신 will find examples and first hand accounts of Michael's generosity and love. And, we want to hear from you! If 당신 have been blessed 의해 one of Michael's many acts of kindness, 또는 당신 know someone who was; 또는 if 당신 just happen to come across a story 당신 think we should include here, please let us know. 당신 can send your stories to Love@mjfanclub.net and be sure to put Stories of 사랑 in the subject line of your email. And don't forget to include your source!
L.O.V.E.
The MJFC Team
In this new section, 당신 will find examples and first hand accounts of Michael's generosity and love. And, we want to hear from you! If 당신 have been blessed 의해 one of Michael's many acts of kindness, 또는 당신 know someone who was; 또는 if 당신 just happen to come across a story 당신 think we should include here, please let us know. 당신 can send your stories to Love@mjfanclub.net and be sure to put Stories of 사랑 in the subject line of your email. And don't forget to include your source!
L.O.V.E.
The MJFC Team
The prosecutor in the Michael Jackson manslaughter preliminary hearing -- which begins tomorrow -- will not call Michael's eldest son, Prince Michael, to testify about what he saw the 일 his dad died ... sources tell TMZ.
Dr. Conrad Murray has said after administering CPR he ran downstairs and asked the chef to send up Prince Michael, who saw his dad's lifeless body lying in the bed.
In fact, we're told no one from MJ's family will be called to the stand during the prelim.
As TMZ first reported, prosecutors plan to call 30 witnesses during the 2-week prelim ... many of whom will be medical professionals offering opinions about the standard of care administered 의해 Dr. Murray.
There will be no "star witness" in the prelim. Sources tell us the various witnesses will form building blocks, making the case that Dr. Murray acted recklessly 의해 administering Propofol and other drugs to Jackson the 일 he died.
Dr. Conrad Murray has said after administering CPR he ran downstairs and asked the chef to send up Prince Michael, who saw his dad's lifeless body lying in the bed.
In fact, we're told no one from MJ's family will be called to the stand during the prelim.
As TMZ first reported, prosecutors plan to call 30 witnesses during the 2-week prelim ... many of whom will be medical professionals offering opinions about the standard of care administered 의해 Dr. Murray.
There will be no "star witness" in the prelim. Sources tell us the various witnesses will form building blocks, making the case that Dr. Murray acted recklessly 의해 administering Propofol and other drugs to Jackson the 일 he died.
Michael Jackson. Words cant describe Michael Jackson. His 음악 describes him. Michael J. will always be the king of pop to everybody. Even if 당신 사랑 him 또는 당신 don't he will still be the king of pop. And no one will be able to take his place.
Michael Jackson is the king of Pop. Michael Jackson is one of the best musical genius ever alive. Michael Jackson is a inspiration to all and we are glad that we still have his music. Michael will always be remembered for what he accomplished and we are thankful for him. The song I 사랑 most is HOLD MY HAND featuring Akon,I really think that song was inspirational and that song had a meaning. Stick together and be strong.
Brianna250601
Michael Jackson is the king of Pop. Michael Jackson is one of the best musical genius ever alive. Michael Jackson is a inspiration to all and we are glad that we still have his music. Michael will always be remembered for what he accomplished and we are thankful for him. The song I 사랑 most is HOLD MY HAND featuring Akon,I really think that song was inspirational and that song had a meaning. Stick together and be strong.
Brianna250601
Sources connected with the Michael Jackson/Sony deal tell TMZ ... among the 10 albums in the works is a remaster of "Off the Wall" -- with the help of none other than Quincy Jones.
We're told the plan is for Quincy to take charge of the project, which will include some never-before-heard outtakes.
Another album will feature the soundtrack to the upcoming Jackson-themed Cirque du Soleil show in Las Vegas.
There are reports circulating that Sony will release 10 original albums, but that's not true. In addition to the release of "MICHAEL" on Tuesday, we're told there will be at least one other album with original songs and at most two.
We're told the plan is for Quincy to take charge of the project, which will include some never-before-heard outtakes.
Another album will feature the soundtrack to the upcoming Jackson-themed Cirque du Soleil show in Las Vegas.
There are reports circulating that Sony will release 10 original albums, but that's not true. In addition to the release of "MICHAEL" on Tuesday, we're told there will be at least one other album with original songs and at most two.