Vinyl Scorsese Review

Scorsese establishes in the pilot but through five episodes it tends to bog down.

Vinyl scorsese review.

Hbo period piece is a massive scale production that transports viewers to the 70s. From a teleplay by winter and george mastras and story by cohen jagger scorsese and winter the pilot. Mick jagger martin scorsese music drama rocks hard. But the show quickly begins giving less time to the music and more to duller formulaic plot lines including a marital crisis a murder investigation and a female secretary s attempts to break the hemp ceiling of the recording.

It would be nice to report that vinyl sustains the momentum mr. Audience reviews for vinyl. Vinyl the mick jagger and martin scorsese produced series revolving around the new york music scene in the seventies has been canceled by hbo after one season. It premiered on hbo on february 14 2016 and concluded on april 17 2016.

Season 1 follows record company. The pilot for the musical drama vinyl is one of martin scorsese s best films an explosion of amplifier feedback nose candy wide lapeled shirts and borderline chaos. 20 odd years ago mick jagger suggested to martin scorsese that they collaborate on a movie. Season 1 oct 08 2017 created by martin scorsese and mick jagger vinyl is an hbo period drama about the music industry of the 1970s.

I can forgive the inaccuracies. Vinyl is an american period drama television series created by mick jagger martin scorsese rich cohen and terence winter the series stars bobby cannavale as richie finestra a record executive in the 1970s. Martin scorsese admits hbo canceling vinyl was tragic says series might have worked if he directed all episodes the director says the fate of the music drama might have been different if he. Created by rich cohen mick jagger and martin scorsese you wouldn t think it could go wrong.

Ah but it does. The series had a budget of 100 million and big names behind the. After careful consideration we. There were many many problems with hbo s bloated 70s set drama vinyl but director martin scorsese puts the blame on himself.

Hbo s vinyl is a jagger and scorsese stinker the other side vinyl. Vinyl a new york music executive in the 1970s hustles to make a career out of the city s diverse music scene.