The film is considered the “swan song” of the two-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, lyricist and producer, as he also co-directed
In a few days the time comes for millions of his fans British pop star George Michaelthey were waiting: This is the movie of his life, with the narrator, in fact, the late pop pioneer himself.
The movie “George Michael Freedom Uncut”as the Daily Mail typically writes, which will be shown in cinemas on June 22promises wonderful hours of invisible material from the house he lived in, as well as interviews with friends like him Elton Johnτον Ricky Gervais and Kate Moss.
The movie about his life
The movie is described as “Dream work” by George Michaelbut at the same time one “Painful and at the same time moving tribute”who went on “waiting” after his death, on Christmas Day 2016, when Michael was just 53 years old. Now this movie marks her redemption and the end of a long period of gossip. However, everyone, except his most ardent fans, will admit that the film gives a picture, but there are also invisible aspects in the life of the great artist, who sold 130 million records, but lived a pretty turbulent life.
Who was George Michael?
THE George Michael or otherwise George Kyriakos Panagiotou was born on June 25, 1963, in London. He will spend his childhood in Kingsbury, London. His father, Kyriakos Panagiotou, was a restaurant owner who moved from Cyprus to England in the late 1950s. His mother, Leslie Harrison, was a very remarkable dancer.
Just two weeks after the film premiere, his biography comes to the fore James Gavin about the life of the pop singer and which projects a quite different image of their singer Wham.
So according to this narrative, George Michael was one “Tortured soul”, who for decades was in a quagmire of addiction, completely addicted to drugs, while, as mentioned in the biography, he also had a miserable sex life. It is striking that George Michael was trying to hide his sexuality from the world.
THE James Gavin talked to more than 200 friends and acquaintances of the artist for the book: George Michael: A Life. Most portray the superstar as an emotionally fragile man, tormented by insecurity who, despite the love he received, turned against those who adored him, including Andrew Ridgeley’s other “half” in Wham. Eventually, as he explains, George died as a “pathetic, lonely and devastated figure.”
One of the most charming men in the music industry ended his days as hermit, according to the Daily Mail, eating junk food and surrounded by “male prostitutes” inside his mansion in North London. He watched endless episodes of his favorite soap opera “Coronation Street”, eating incredible amounts of Haagen-Dazs ice cream, with his creativity dampened and his rich voice destroyed by drugs and cigarettes.
While the film focuses on the 1980s and early 1990s, when George Michael was at the height of his power – and especially the groundbreaking Freedom video! ’90 with supermodels Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford – the book sheds light on the darkest aspects of the singer’s life.
His childhood
For artist’s father is particularly caustic, referring to a hardline Greek Cypriot immigrant in Britain who never accepted homosexuality of his son.
«This was also the “eternal” internal conflict of George Michael, the battle he fought daily with himself and what defined him“, According to a close friend. His father was almost African when he arrived in Britain in the 1950s, when he changed his name from Kyriakos to the more English-speaking “Jack”. He worked until he became a successful restaurateur and married a beautiful Englishwoman, Leslie.
They raised their son in East Finchley, London, until he was 13, when the family moved to Radlett, a wealthy suburban village in Hertfordshire, where his father lives to this day.
According to the people who spoke to the author, George was afraid to reveal to his father that he was gay, as for his family, homosexuality was considered a sin. George Michael’s mother, Leslie, seems to have known and always been supportive because, as the book reveals, she had a brother who was gay but committed suicide. The book states that his drug addiction has its roots in his childhood and in his inner “battle” over his sexuality.
The author also argues that George may not have died on December 25, 2016 from heart failurebut to end his life the day before, the anniversary of the death of his beloved mother Leslie. George’s family strongly denies the allegations, insisting he died of natural causes.
His first loves and his sex life
In his private life, however, George indulged in more and more… daring sexual intercourse. A friend tells the author how George closed an entire restaurant for dinner because he was so paranoid about his privacy. «He was so afraid that someone might learn anything. I think his whole life was based on that fear and I think he never reconciled with it.“, Says a friend of his. And it continues: “He was a gay man who was trapped as a modern Elvis, but felt cheated».
George will fall in love for the first time, at the age of 27, with the Brazilian stylist Anselmo Feleppa, who “watched” the singer in Rio and managed to be invited to a party held in honor of George. «He followed me for miles, but that was what made me fascinated“, The singer himself had admitted. The young stylist moved to Los Angeles to live with George, but their relationship remained in the … shadow.
He had been arrested several times for driving under the influence of drugs, and once crashed his Range Rover near his home in London. Another time he fell asleep at the wheel of his Mercedes and the police found him in a miserable condition.
As a singer and songwriter, George left a fortune of almost 100 million pounds. However, he also left a treasure of material that he had returned to his house and which he planned to turn into a film. The movie that will be released in a few days, including this file, will excite its fans.
He was a sensitive manwith special talent and with a characteristic voice that held a wide range. Some argued that he could even sing opera. He was loved by many people in every corner of the world, influenced many contemporary artists and remains, to this day, one of the most commercial artists of all time.
