Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones vs On the Impossibility of an Homage
On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6/10 for Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 1h 55m. Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones is the older of the two (1990 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones
On the Impossibility of an Homage| Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones | On the Impossibility of an Homage | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1990 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 19m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | Germany |
| Director | Ellen Weissbrod | Xandra Popescu |
| Main cast | Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, Big Daddy Kane, Clarence Avant, Ray Charles | Gabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu |
Synopsis
Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones
The extraordinary life of Quincy Jones -- one of the 20th century's most influential and talented composers, musicians and music producers -- provides the basis of this offbeat, free-form documentary tribute. With little regard for formal timelines and traditional documentary biography methods, the film is an amazing patchwork of personal insights featuring a constellation of music stars including his long-time friend Ray Charles, Miles Davis…
On the Impossibility of an Homage
Given a portrait, who is responsible for the image we see, the painter or the subject? Ion used to be a a rockstar of Ballet in Communist Romania. When we first discussed the possibility of a portrait, Ion was initially thrilled. He’d been dreaming that someday there’d be a film about him. But during the filmmaking process Ion finds it hard to let go.
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