So get a load of this find. A documentary on the resurection of Adam Ant. Problem is Americans don’t much care about the ‘Good Two Shoes” guy so chances are better than not that you’ll never see it, unless Netflix pics it up.
But if you hurry up over the London you can see this and partake in a Q & A with Adam Ant himself. I wont lie, I wrote this guy off. He looks a mess and our last live review of him left much to desire. Watching this trailer and hearing his words just changed my mind. I think if and when he comes around again I will head out to see his show.
THE BLUEBLACK HUSSAR is an insightful documentary that follows Adam Ant during his obsessively driven comeback of 2011 after battling mental illness, sectioning and public acrimony. Having previously profiled the likes of Salvador Dali and Roald Dahl, Jack Bond brilliantly documents one of Britain’s most iconic and charismatic musicians return to prominence.
A ride along with Adam Ant’s return, THE BLUEBLACK HUSSAR is prefaced by the once world-famous music star’s halcyon days in the 1980s and his disappearance from public life. Featuring the likes of Charlotte Rampling, Mark Ronson, Allen Jones, John Robb and Jamie Reynolds the film charts the road back for a true English original. Still channelling his highwayman / soldier persona, he has, against all the odds, got himself back to playing to huge audiences once again, culminating with the Hyde Park show in front of 55,000. Unapologetically and without compromise, it’s an ode to a true British dandy highwayman.
