![]() Flipping that around, the story – of talent and success undone by drugs, domestic violence, organised crime and family break-ups – continues to ring tragically true (R.I.P. Looking only over its shoulder, SPARKLE’s period 1950s setting really does feel like another time and place. Taking Samira’s lead, it’s hard from present-day perspectives to imagine the early 2000s as ‘history’ (even if Hollywood is busily remaking more recent films…). Archival clips – of screenwriter Joel Schumacher, the original cast, and soundtrack LP artist Aretha Franklin – helped the audience take two steps back in time: to 1974-76 when the film was in production, and the late 1950s when the story was set. It was one of those generous ways-in that really opened the film up rather than tossing it carelessly into a spoiler-ridden corner. Last night’s fundraiser screening of SPARKLE (1976) at The Cinema Museum benefitted from a great introduction from what we hope will become a regular double act: Samira & The Sorceress. SPARKLE (1976): A Save The Cinema Museum Fundraiser presented by The Celluloid Sorceress, Rebecca Nicole Williams (28 OCT). Last night’s fundraiser screening of SPARKLE (1976) was introduced by The Celluloid Sorceress, Rebecca Nicole Williams, in conversation with Samira Ahmed (28.10.18). While the record is adequate enough in reproducing the sound and cheerful naiveté of 1960s, the period in which the film is set, it ultimately fails to linger in one's heart, mind or feet past its last note.ĬHECK OUT THIS TRACK: "Something He Can Feel," sung on the original soundtrack by Franklin (and also covered by En Vogue in 1992), has the shoo-bee-doo potential to be something you can feel.With so many indie venues under threat across London, RADIANT CIRCUS is proud to be supporting the campaign to Save The Cinema Museum. ![]() Mayfield's compositions stand the test of time as the most vibrant and nuanced: Kelly doesn't deliver, and at times his contributions sound cheesy. Kelly gets in on the action by writing and producing a few funky, but too-modern sounding contributions ("Love Will," ''Jump" and "Celebrate"). Perhaps choosing a gospel tune that requires a melodious voice and a song that shares a performer who outshines her wasn't the best way to seal Houston's legacy.įour Mayfield-helmed originals make the 11-track album ("Jump," ''Hooked on Your Love," ''Something He Can Feel" and "Look Into Your Heart"), while R. Her songs here should have served as a high note for the icon, but unfortunately her swan songs - "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" and "Celebrate" with Sparks - falter as the singer struggles to find her once sparkling, soaring voice. With that said, Houston has become the focus of the film and soundtrack since she died earlier this year. ![]() She shines bright on various collaborations and her three solo tracks: It's another winning moment for the former "American Idol" champ. Sparks emerges as the leading lady of the album. The burden for greatness is shared among the main cast, which includes Whitney Houston, Jordin Sparks, Carmen Ejogo, Tika Sumpter and Cee Lo Green. ![]() Various artists, "Sparkle: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" (RCA Records)Ĭurtis Mayfield and Aretha Franklin's union for the soundtrack of the 1976 musical drama "Sparkle" made for an instant soul classic, so the 2012 remake already has a lot to live up to. ![]()
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