Marley

Arts, Biography Documentary hosted by Kevin Macdonald, published by Questar in 2012 - English narration


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Marley
Bob Marley's musical (and cultural) shadow is so large that the man clearly needed an authoritative documentary portrait--and Marley steps in with all the right stuff to fill the role. Working with official rights to the music and access to Marley's family and friends, Oscar-winning documentarian Kevin Macdonald (One Day in September) creates a thorough account that hits the major points, not stinting on some of the less admirable aspects of Marley's life (including his brood of children fathered with women other than his patient wife, Rita, whose presence indicates just how much she puts Marley's legacy above his personal infidelities). Especially interesting is the sketch of Bob Marley's youth, as a mixed-race--and thus socially ostracized--kid from the village of Nine Mile who began to put together a reggae sound with a group of like-minded musicians in Jamaica in the late '50s and early '60s. That period comes to life, and the account of Marley's ascent, while familiar from such sagas, has its share of offbeat incidents. His death, at age 36 in 1981, does not dominate the movie, but Macdonald does a good job of getting that story laid out. In the meantime, the music and the concert footage are more than enough to justify the movie's existence, and Macdonald makes time to include thoughts about politics, ganja smoking, and Rastafarianism, too. If it's not the final word on Marley, it's an excellent start.

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Video Codec: x264 CABAC
Video Bitrate: 1323 Kbps
Video Aspect Ratio: 16.9
Video Resolution: 720 x 416
Audio Codec: AAC
Audio Bitrate: 128 Kbps CBR 48KHz
Audio Channels: 2
Run-Time: 145 mins
Framerate: 29FPS
Number of Parts: 1
Part Size: 1.34 GB
Encoded by: Harry65
Source: DVD


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1)  Further Information 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/apr/18/marley-review