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==Three Minute Film Summary==
 
==Three Minute Film Summary==
 
Bohemian Rhapsody is based on the true-life story of legendary rock band, Queen, and their lead singer, Freddie Mercury.  The film traces Mercury's rise from humble origins as an immigrant working as a baggage handler at Heathrow airport in London, to one of most iconic and well-loved front-men in the history of rock and roll. Along the way, we follow his triumphs and his tragedies, as he comes to term with his identity, his fame, his sexuality, and his complicated relationships.  For a time, under the influence of some sketchy associates, Freddie Mercury becomes estranged from his true friends--his family, his band mates, and the "love of his life" Mary Austin.  He is also diagnosed with AIDS, which, at the time was a death sentence. Mercury is finally able to reconcile with those who love him, and pulls his life together in time for Live Aid -- a historic concert that raised money to fight famine in Africa.  In real life, Queen's performance at Live Aid is consistently ranked by critics as one of the greatest in the history of Rock and Roll music.  The film ends with a moving, triumphant and painstakingly re-created version of that performance that is well worth watching for fans of any kind of music.
 
Bohemian Rhapsody is based on the true-life story of legendary rock band, Queen, and their lead singer, Freddie Mercury.  The film traces Mercury's rise from humble origins as an immigrant working as a baggage handler at Heathrow airport in London, to one of most iconic and well-loved front-men in the history of rock and roll. Along the way, we follow his triumphs and his tragedies, as he comes to term with his identity, his fame, his sexuality, and his complicated relationships.  For a time, under the influence of some sketchy associates, Freddie Mercury becomes estranged from his true friends--his family, his band mates, and the "love of his life" Mary Austin.  He is also diagnosed with AIDS, which, at the time was a death sentence. Mercury is finally able to reconcile with those who love him, and pulls his life together in time for Live Aid -- a historic concert that raised money to fight famine in Africa.  In real life, Queen's performance at Live Aid is consistently ranked by critics as one of the greatest in the history of Rock and Roll music.  The film ends with a moving, triumphant and painstakingly re-created version of that performance that is well worth watching for fans of any kind of music.
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==The Queen and the King==
  
 
==Somebody to Love==
 
==Somebody to Love==
  
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==The Work of the People==
  
  

Revision as of 18:08, 1 February 2019

Psalm 98:4-9

4 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises. 5 Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody. 6 With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord. 7 Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world and those who live in it. 8 Let the floods clap their hands; let the hills sing together for joy 9 at the presence of the Lord, for he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

Song of Solomon 3:1-3

1 Upon my bed at night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he gave no answer. 2 “I will rise now and go about the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my soul loves.” I sought him, but found him not. 3 The sentinels found me, as they went about in the city. “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”

Faith & Film VII: Bohemian Rhapsody

[Film Clip #1 - Trailer]

Three Minute Film Summary

Bohemian Rhapsody is based on the true-life story of legendary rock band, Queen, and their lead singer, Freddie Mercury. The film traces Mercury's rise from humble origins as an immigrant working as a baggage handler at Heathrow airport in London, to one of most iconic and well-loved front-men in the history of rock and roll. Along the way, we follow his triumphs and his tragedies, as he comes to term with his identity, his fame, his sexuality, and his complicated relationships. For a time, under the influence of some sketchy associates, Freddie Mercury becomes estranged from his true friends--his family, his band mates, and the "love of his life" Mary Austin. He is also diagnosed with AIDS, which, at the time was a death sentence. Mercury is finally able to reconcile with those who love him, and pulls his life together in time for Live Aid -- a historic concert that raised money to fight famine in Africa. In real life, Queen's performance at Live Aid is consistently ranked by critics as one of the greatest in the history of Rock and Roll music. The film ends with a moving, triumphant and painstakingly re-created version of that performance that is well worth watching for fans of any kind of music.

The Queen and the King

Somebody to Love

The Work of the People

  • Good thoughts, good words, good deeds. You can't get anywhere pretending to be someone you're not. (Freddie's father)
  • So tell me, what makes Queen any different from all the other wannabe rock stars I meet? --John Reid
  • I'll tell you what it is: We're four misfits who don't belong together, playing to the other misfits, the outcasts, right at the back of the room, who are pretty sure they don't belong either. We belong to them. --Freddie Mercury
  • We're a family. --Brian May / But no two of us the same. --Roger Taylor
  • We need to be experimental. --Brian May, recording first album.
  • It's a rock and roll record with the scale of opera, the pathos of Greek tragedy, the wit of Shakespeare, the unbridled joy of musical theatre. It's a musical experience, rather than just another record. Something for everyone, something that will make people feel belongs just to them. We'll mix genres, we'll cross boundaries, we'll speak in bloody tongues if we want to." --Freddie Mercury, describing vision for "A Night at the Opera."
  • There's no musical ghetto that can contain us. --Roger Taylor / No one knows what Queen means because it doesn't mean one thing. --John Deacon
  • Rockfield farm...band "retreats" to the wilderness to do their best work (Love of my life, Bohemian Rhapsody).
  • Bismillāh -- Arabic for "In the name of God."