The second documentary by Spike Lee about Michael Jackson arrives in February – publico

                 

                         
                     

                 

 
 

Spike Lee is returning to the life of Michael Jackson, just three years after it premiered Bad 25 , the documentary that marked the 25th anniversary edition of Bad . The American director is preparing a new documentary, this time about the rise of the pop musician who won the title of king. Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall have checked first for the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, to February 5 passes on American television (Showtime) and weeks later the 24, goes on sale in a special package that includes the album reissue Off The Wall .

A biography , a tribute and a testament to the life of the musician who died on July 25, 2009 at age 50. That’s what Spike Lee wants to give with Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall. Michael Jackson before it became the star on a planetary scale that has become, from his childhood to the launch of Off The Wall , the 1979 album that is considered his first real album, even if before it had ever released four solo albums on Motown: Got To Be There (1972), Ben (1972), Music and Me (1973 ), Foverer Michael (1975).

Produced by Quincy Jones, Off The Wall marked Jackson’s statement with songs like Don ‘t stop’ til you get enough , with which he won his first Grammy. It was with this record although Jackson became the first solo artist to have four singles ( Do not stop ’til you get enough , Rock with you , Off the wall and She’s out of my life ) in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. With eight million copies sold worldwide – at the time, now has already more than 30 million – at age 20 the musician away at last the youth icon off as a member of the Jackson 5

Off The Wall was the first of three Jackson discs produced by Quincy. Jones. It is followed Thriller (1982) and Bad (1987). Thriller , with about 66 million records sold worldwide, it is the album more sold in music history.

For the documentary, which promises “a look at a Michael Jackson Career chapter that is rarely examined,” as we read in the statement posted on the Site musician, Spike Lee had not only access to the personnel file of Jackson, as has also the support of his family. Brother Marlon Jackson is one of the interviewees in the film, which also includes testimonials from musicians Pharrell Williams, John Legend, Questlove, Mark Ronson, The Weekend and LA Reid.