Things may be a little dicey over in Eastern Europe lately, but at least some people in the former Yugoslavia have the right idea. On Saturday, Croats and Serbs gathered together to erect a statue of Bob Marley as a symbol of peace, tolerance, and–presumably–the healing power of a bong passed back and forth between two hostile nations.
Jonathan Demme is taking over an upcoming Bob Marley documentary for Martin Scorsese, seeing as how Scorsese’s busy–there’s supposedly a George Harrison documentary in the hopper–and all documentaries about boomer musical legends must be directed by one of the two. Demme will get started on the Marley movie just as soon as he finishes The Neil Young Trunk Show. While I can understand why any older artist would prefer to have their work chronicled by either the guy who did The Last Waltz or the guy who did Stop Making Sense, the aging icon who makes the next one of these might want to liven things up a tad by considering Michel Gondry, or maybe someone who goes by “Spike.”
After years spent serving as a staple of dorm-room decor and graphic t-shirt design, Bob Marley will have his life retold in biopic form. The Weinstein Co. will produce and distribute a movie about the legendary reggae singer’s life based on Rita Marley’s 2004 book No Woman No Cry: My Life With Bob Marley; she will also serve as executive producer on the film. And because letting a memoir-happy widow executive-produce a project isn’t precarious enough, they just might cast the always-dependable Lauryn Hill in a leading role.
When employees of Jamaica’s Public Broadcasting Corporation went trawling through the archives of the now-defunct Jamaican Broadcasting Cororation. More »
When employees of Jamaica’s Public Broadcasting Corporation went trawling through the archives of the now-defunct Jamaican Broadcasting Cororation. More »
