Blaze

Blaze2018

R Film · Drama, Music, History · 129 min · Aug 17, 2018 Sundance Special Jury Prize Dramatic2018 Awards: wins 1, nominations 0
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Based on a true Texas love story

Inspired by the life of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas outlaw country movement that spawned the likes of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson. The film weaves together three periods in Blaze's life, exploring his love affair with Sybil Rosen; his last, dark night on Earth; and the impact his songs and his death had on his fans, friends, and foes.

Ethan Hawke
Director, Writer

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Richard Roeper · Chicago Sun-Times 88.00/100.00

It’s a carefully crafted, almost reverential character study of man and music Hawke clearly and greatly admires.

heima624 3.00/5.00

他不想成为歌星,他想成为传奇……歌好听,可惜影片拍得一般般,提不起神。

Michael Phillips · Chicago Tribune 88.00/100.00

Movies about reckless, chemically addled men rarely have the nerve to go whole hog with the bad behavior, because it makes for alienating company. Still: Blaze comes closer than most to an honest look at this sort of troubadour and this kind of life.