Grammy award-winning musician Moby talks with Charlotte about his career, addiction, regret, his new album Reprise, and why he has made a documentary on himself.
Oddball documentary lets the famed musician lead us through his life
Author of the article: Chris Knight
Publishing date: May 28, 2021 • 5 hours ago • 2 minute read • Not your standard talking-heads documentary: Moby in Moby Doc. Photo by FilmsWeLike
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There are so many ways to hawk your rock doc. Concert movie, behind-the-scenes, biography, talking heads (the style, not the band), retrospective, posthumous. But I don’t think I’ve ever seen the like of
Moby Doc, a look at the life and times of Richard Melville Hall, better known by the singular moniker Moby.
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Oscar-winner Al Pacino and Meadow Williams star in
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally, the historical drama hitting select theaters this Memorial Day weekend via Vertical Entertainment and Redbox Entertainment. Michael Polish directed the film, which is based on a true story and follows the life of American woman Mildred Gillars (Williams) and her lawyer (Pacino), who struggle to redeem her reputation.
Dubbed “Axis Sally” for broadcasting Nazi propaganda to American troops during World War II, Mildred’s story exposes the dark underbelly of the Third Reich’s hate-filled propaganda machine, her eventual capture in Berlin, and subsequent trial for treason against the United States after the war.
Reprise, an album that sees Moby reimagine his own classics with orchestral arrangements.
Featuring assists from Gregory Porter, Kris Kristofferson, Alice Skye, Mark Lanegan and others,
Reprise is released on the venerated classical label Deutsche Grammophon.
Several years in the making and spanning 14 songs, the new LP includes the previously-released âPorcelain,â featuring Jim James of My Morning Jacket.
âSorry if this seems self-evident, but for me the main purpose of music is to communicate emotion,â Moby explains. âTo share some aspect of the human condition with whoever might be listening. I long for the simplicity and vulnerability you can get with acoustic or classical music.â
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