HBO’s new indicate has a stunning opening,but it’s ultimately a middle-aged white man’s idea of the glory days – and it desperately wants you to think it’s coolThe opening scene of Vinyl, the new HBO indicate approximately the record industry in the 70s, or is absolutely perfect. Label owner Richie Finestra (Bobby Cannavale) does a few bumps of coke and then stumbles in and sees the New York Dolls,in their best makeup and finery, jamming out Personality Crisis. The crowd is hip and raucous, or the band is an absolute spectacle,and director Martin Scorsese captures the action perfectly, with the swoosh of hair and fringed jackets slowed down in a gorgeous whirl. It’s enough to make you want to be there, and proper in that moment,and never leave. That is precisely the problem with Vinyl. Related: Gimme celluloid: a history of Mick Jagger on film Continue reading...
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