Grace Jones - Bloodlight and Bami opens in theaters today.

NY Times review of the movie doc.

"Did you ever think that Grace would be a movie star?"

"Sure, baby!"

Ladies and Gentlemen - The original 'Slave to the Rhythm', Miss Grace Jones!

I hope it comes to St. Louis. I would love to see it.

Godess!

Grace is so fabulous. Hers is one of the most electrifying and memorable concerts I've seen in my (long) life.

Grace Jones was before my time but I am looking forward to this doc!!

Grace Jones is for everybody's time and generation.

i tried to watch it but i found it impossible: it was "artsy" and confusing. Too bad, i like miss Jones.

you did not see it. you stupid fucker, r9.

^fuck you, Grace. It was boring and you know it.

Here is Grace's appearance last night on The Tonight Show.

I love Grace!!! Can't wait to see the doc.

this review says exactly what i meant by "boring". It's spot on, sadly

the article doesn't say a fucking thing about being boring. Just move on asshole, r13. find something else to dislike.

Who is Grace Jones?

I love her and of course her very simple yet fabulous sparkle hat on Tonight Show. Grace was always a master of just giving enough but sending it over the top somehow.

As for the naysayers above, take your 400 dollar tickets to U2 and shove them up your arse.

so we have a deranged Grace Jones troll, uh? Only on DL!

Grace is beyond time. I've seen her five times live; always fun and amazing.

I can’t wait to see this! I saw her at the Hollywood Bowl a few years ago and she was incredible.

I love me some Grace!

She is fabulous. A living legend.

r16, educate yourself by clicking on any of the non-review links in this thread.

Do you enjoy being scared in the most wonderful way?

Great documentary, worth seeing twice. In fact, you'll probably need to see it twice to understand and appreciate it fully. It was artfully filmed and edited, sometimes at the expense of clarity. Scenes begin in medias res and characters are never clearly introduced. The lens is on Grace while the people around her serve as the backdrop to her charismatic presence.

I'll admit, there were points in the theater where I drifted a bit, but not for long, and I think the slower scenes are important to the film's pacing. The musical performances are captivating.

It is very revealing to see her visit family in Jamaica (she moved to Syracuse, NY with her family at age 12), work again with her photographer ex-husband, and produce and perform her music. They did a good job of showcasing both the hard Grace and the soft Grace and it made me want to know even more. I did see it twice.

The first time I saw Grace Jones was during one of her 1980s Johnny Carson appearances. I was around 10 years old and had never seen anything like her, certainly not on Carson. She wore a blue plastic bodice that was very daring for the time.

When I see performers living what seems to be their destiny, I wonder what their life would be like if all of the pieces hadn't fallen into place. She took her strengths and capitalized on them, carving out a very unusual, but authentic, niche for herself. Some people seem to have a gravitational force and she is one of those people.

The ex-husband/photographer whom she says made her "weak in the knees" is a little dork of a man, surprisingly.

^^^"who" she says, not "whom", just in case that bothered anyone.

Grace is a tiny woman, too.

But she's a giant star! (seen her perform live six times)

WOW! She's a LEGEND! So COOL. A STAR! ORIGINAL!!!

Grace Jones is certainly famous, but, I dare ask, was she ever really successful? I know I've heard of her and know some of her songs, but did she have a following large enough to make any money? Was she ever commercially successful in a way that she can still support herself? I'm not being glib; I just wonder if she was one of those performers who were known and copied, but not particularly successful in a commercial sense.

Grace is one of those people like Debbie Harry who will always be icons.

Her son, Paolo, is equally exquisite. Imagine having Grace Jonrs as your mother.

So..does she make any money?

Grace Jones was before my time, but I've always been intrigued by her.

She's still performing, so she's in your time!

What you people and dozens of other Dataloungers know about Grace Jones isn't good enough.

Somebody had to make a new thread covering ALL of this old info!