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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

Movie
2019
1h 56m
English
Documentary, Music
User Score: 
7.6
Critic Score: 
84
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A visionary, innovator, and originator who defied categorization and embodied the word cool—a foray into the life and career of musical and cultural icon Miles Davis.
Miles Davis Birth of the Cool Poster

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

Movie
2019
1h 56m
English
Documentary, Music
A visionary, innovator, and originator who defied categorization and embodied the word cool—a foray into the life and career of musical and cultural icon Miles Davis.
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Carl Lumbly
Miles Davis (voice)
Ashley Kahn
Self - Writer
Jimmy Heath
Self - Musician
Jimmy Cobb
Self - Musician
Greg Tate
Self - Writer
Quincy Jones
Self - Musician
Wayne Shorter
Self - Musician
Juliette Grco
Self - Singer
George Wein
Self - Jazz Promoter
Carlos Santana
Self - Musician
Herbie Hancock
Self - Musician
Marcus Miller
Self - Musician
Frances Davis
Self - Dancer / 1st Wife
Ren Urtreger
Self - Musician
James Mtume
Self - Musician
Archie Shepp
Self - Musician
Clive Davis
Self - Columbia Records President
Miles Davis
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite
Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
Dizzy Gillespie
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Thelonious Monk
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Johnny Mathis
Self - Singer (archive footage)
Jeanne Moreau
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Directed By: Stanley Nelson

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grtavares says...
2 months ago
I have mixed feelings about this work.... On the one hand, the quality of its production is unmatched. The videos and interviews are exemplary and you can even follow the musician's life to a certain extent. However, the management seems lost to me and even makes imprecise and tasteless decisions. The narrator, for example, gets tired and the choice to replace him with a voice actor is very weak and wrong. The best way for a documentary is to expose the personality's opinions without confusing the viewer. I want to know if he said that and not convert it into a context or a cut from the director because it distorts the facts and becomes just an opinion. I understand that a musician's life is vast with interpretations and stories. But, in this case, it is better to be structural and put it in chapters. The intention is valid, but the ending ended abruptly, revealing a symptom in the entire film. Therefore, this documentary is just an introduction to the artist's life and work and should not be taken seriously.
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5 years ago
Stanley Nelson combines the man and his music to give us an intimate portrait of how one mind shaped popular culture, armed only with a well-manipulated trumpet and some smooth musical notes. ‘Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool’ humanises a musical genius and ends up giving us an engrossing, hilario More
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