England Is Mine har haft sin första offentliga visning.
Den nya filmen om Morrissey, England Is Mine, är regisserad av den Oscars-nominerade regissören Mark Gill. I söndags hade den sin första offentliga visning under Edinburgh International Film Festival. Några dagar tidigare kom den första trailern, som du ser här ovanför.
Nu går en av Morrisseys närmaste barndomsvänner, James Maker, ut och kritiserar filmen.
I ett längre meddelande på Facebook menar Maker att det är för mycket fiktion i filmen och att den kränker både Morrissey och hans musikaliska gärning.
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Läs hela meddelandet:
"Statement: 'ENGLAND IS MINE' (film)
According to the trailer of 'England Is Mine', Morrissey was an autistic, retiring creature with both curly hair and a natural crimp, who had to be physically pushed into becoming a singer by a well-meaning friend (one who did not actually communicate with Morrissey throughout The Smiths' success). Worse, they have put him in a green duffle coat and given him not one line of the Morrissyean wit we have all come to know. It is not a biopic, but historical fiction. A strange move, considering that those formative years have been so abundantly well-documented.
I knew him then, and I knew the house at 384 Kings Road. Morrissey’s mother should sue the filmmakers on their misrepresentation of her curtaining, alone. But the fact is, this is not Morrissey. The premise that if Morrissey could be a singer, then anybody could, is disingenuous, and rather insulting to his original talent as an artist.
At the time, and previous to the formation of The Smiths, Morrissey had very few close friends. This is documented in Morrissey’s memoir, ‘Autobiography’, and my memoir, ‘AutoFellatio’. I do not appear in the film, and characters who did not exist in real life are invented by the film-makers.
I am relieved not to be included, because if they can portray the protagonist as a person with crimped hair who relies upon guiding hands on shoulders, to thrust him through life’s revolving doors, then I am merely someone who, miraculously, managed to venture further than the 'NO BALL GAMES' sign posted adjacent to my bedroom window.
James Maker"
Filmen har (givetvis) inte fått någon välsignelse från Morrissey själv, men med Mark Gill samt producentduon Baldwin Li och Orian Williams (den sistnämnde jobbade med Ian Curtis-filmen Control) bakom spakarna torde ju filmatiseringen vara i goda händer.
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