Bono’s one-man show finds power in restraint

“I still pretend that this is a book tour,” Bono Shortly after “surrender stories”, the new movie is on Apple TV+. He just shared the story of his “strange heart” and the unsuccessful fear that he went through in 2015, then took the crowd to a semi -voice show U2‘ The audience descends in appreciation of the opening countryside of the song, which was played on different chains; They should not twice aspire to present the edge responses (“Hola!” And “Donde Esta?”

After issuing his 2022 “Surrender” notes, the U2 front man appeared in a short series of promotional dates in the small theaters in the United States and abroad. If this event did not come to your city, you missed that this was even happening, or maybe you thought that ticket prices were somewhat high-at least in the first place-it was described as an e-book of the book, you can now try a copy of the terms of your host “View a quarter of a man” of your living room comfort.

This film is a tribute to what you can accomplish with the power of suggestion, excellent lighting, acute editing and charismatic stories. But “surrender stories” are not a traditional documentary, and it is also not a music movie. Stories are mixed in the film, editing and distilled from their original display. Cameras are placed everywhere but in the audience looks at the theater. They are in front of Bono, and they are behind him, on his side, next to him walking from the dressing room to the theater, and he appears to his face to his father in their weekly conversations in the local Puno pub. Some parts were filmed live, some are not; Frankly, it does not matter – it is not a documentary.

Perhaps it was not surprising that the main singer of the band that made a tour with lemon is a large compound mirror enough for all members of the four division to suit it comfortably at home and did not go on the road and do a written tour. ”There were some types of initial traditional manifestations (as in the New Yorker Festival), but if there is one thing that Bono does not require, then someone who has withdrawn information from him. This problem solves.

Bono in “Bono: Stories of Surrender” (Apple TV+)

“Surrender”, which is the book behind this project, is 557 pages, and 40 chapters (the sub -title is “40 songs, one story”) and this is not intended to be a review of the book, but let’s only say that the statement of “40 songs” less than a detailed plan and more than a loose organizational concept. Nothing of this is here; You do not need to read the book to watch the movie. The composition of the wonderful songs revolves around pressure, and the offering of the offering, what Puno clearly considers the most important elements in his life in 90 minutes.

The film revolves around rhythms, topics, stories over time and over the course of contracts, and what is particularly known in telling stories in this film is the intercourse of stories. Creating a movie that was chosen as part of “Book Tour” shows should be a challenge. This is because people who will spend money at a book event are already transformers, and fans who know stories and myths. But the film should make people out of that great and multinational collective care.

U2 masses already attract great numbers surprisingly than what can be referred to as “anonymous people”, people who may know visits but may not know who is the other (to be fair, not Bavarotti either, as Bono is associated). But what the film is doing very well is to give the viewer enough information for follow -up without being overwhelmed by detail. It also reveals that Bono is a somewhat decent test, and although these moments are funny, it is not the best moments in the show.

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The best moments, may not be surprised, when Puno talks about music, whether the explosive moment that changes life, discovered RamonsOr the first days of his own band. He describes the part leading to “I will follow” what was the case when he tried to be desperate to be good in something he loves, to explain his ideas to his teammates. His depiction to thwart the fear that they were not good enough is one of the best moments of the whole night.

He completely prepared it – he described his home life after his mother’s death, the iris, when he was 14 years old; He explained how he met all U2 members in the same week that he met his future wife, Ali; After that, viewers take the interior from the shed that they used as a rehearsal of a rehearsal, and walks you during his memory of what happened. You feel tension and emotion, which is raw and primitive – even if you are a person who only pays attention to U2, it is difficult not to be transferred to him.

Bono in “Bono: Stories of Surrender” (Apple TV+)

This short article plays the unambiguous opening role “I will follow” in the full volume through the Palestinian Authority, and the audience mixes with thinking that it is about to launch the song. The crowd interacts with what the muscle memory may be extracted from decades of the audience and hear this sound. But then he stopped cold, and apologizes to his absent colleagues. It is almost stronger than the parts in which he sings. You feel the undeniable power even through the screen.

“Surrender Stories” has about ten U2 songs spread through them, which are delivered in somewhat brief versions, performed by three musicians: Kate Ellis (chilo, support Fox), Gemma Doherety (Harp, Keys, Vox support) and Jacknife Lee (who worked with U2)

This accompanying Pono singing is the minimum, a little clear. Female consensus (or even the singing of lead) on U2 songs is initially somewhat prestigious, then logical. Early explains that he feels “to some extent Transgression((Such) appears in front of them without his colleagues in the band. So he does not deliberately try to repeat the U2, as he tries to distract a song to its essence to clarify a point, and he is completely sure that he does not end by chance by doing a kind of carive U2.

It is not 100 % successful. For example, the delivery of a “beautiful day” feels dangerous near William Shatner who is “Rocketman”. There is Surrender stories Ep With three of the numbers that were rebuilt, but in the wild on its own, they do not withstand well without scaffolding the width. But this coordination also displays the strength of the songs when they are stripped of their bones, and also proves what is behind the suspicion that the main singer stands before she can actually sing, a point of disagreement that arises at multiple points with the development of the evening.

But the songs here are in the service of stories, not the other way around. Compared, “Springsteen on Broadway” -It is not quite similar, but we do not have a lot of Broadway shows from one of the rock music stars, so let’s work with what we have-everything about songs, and the stories were the way Springstin did from among the audience from a song to a song. The other clear difference is that – as Puno indicates – everyone believes that he is the U2 leader, while every member of the band believes that he is responsible. Bruce Springstin It is not necessary to solve this dilemma and disinfect anyone except for himself.

The theatrical show, as usual, was produced by the usual conspirators in U2 (Willie Williams, Gavin on Friday, among others), but the film was directed by Andrew DominicMusic lovers will be aware if you are a fan of Nick cave. In this case, you may get to know some of the visual domainic language here, but only in the most general sense – and again, not criticism, film managers have their own ways to see that you get to know it.

However, it differs from the visual language that U2 fans are used to seeing. U2 has actual giants working for them in this regard, and people who were working and developing with decades, therefore, in some respects, from detecting songs and words that are dealt with through another group of eyes. This is compatible with what appears to be the task of this project being Bono and is characterized by the U2 general cosmology, but it is not the U2 project. Thus, visual differentiation is important, but perhaps not accidental.

Another big difference between seeing the direct event and the film is that “surrender stories” are filmed in black and white. This ends as a great choice for many reasons: It confirms that this is a technical piece adjacent to the performance, but it is not a carbon version; It directs the viewer’s concentration more intense; It allows you to do a lot with lighting in terms of drama and separation without making it look like you are wearing Display. It also seems that its black and white photographing makes certain elements – such as the table and chairs that Bono (and standing) – less complicated, in “liberation restrictions”.

Bono in “Bono: Stories of Surrender” (Apple TV+)

While stories weave and bonding overnight, the main thread in which Bono continues is his relationship with his father, Bob Hyousson. It is not an unusual incentive in the history of rock & roll, and it certainly does not pretend to be unique in this regard. An empty chair device represents an individual: his wife, Ali; The four members of U2; A empty chair with a small table between them standing on Sundays in the pub with Da. Hyuson’s favorite question was, “Anything strange or amazing?”

“My father was truly, truly, good, he can move people with his singing,” Bono explains. Puno, on the other hand, “the baritone was trying to be a period”, which his father reminded him over and over again. Fans would already know how, after the death of Bob Hyuson, his voice had a completely new range. “When you lose someone you love, they get something on you, a gift.” His mother lost him to rock and roll and a gift from the love of the audience; His father’s death somehow opened the audio range that he always wanted.

But this is what happens after that is actually amazing. It is reported that his father also left him a song that was fond of it, as an Italian classic – Bavarotti performed it, among many others – called “Torna A Suriento”. He plays quietly in the background, then sings, alone, Capella. It is an extension, it dares, it’s bold, it’s brave, it’s exciting. The closing snapshot is the single singing on the stage at the lighthouse, then the singing on stage is cut on stage in the amazing Teatro San Carlo in Naples and Italy, and the audience jumps to their feet, before the camera rises above the stage and the city’s horizon to a view of Napoli and Sorrento through it across the distance.

During the first round of “Book Tour” dates, there was some grumbling between U2 fans that she felt might be experimental trips for Bono. Was this a way to test water and know how I love the concept of one man’s offer as a form that could benefit from what is beyond the promotion of books while the band waited to find out what happened regarding the health of the Dermaz player Larry Mulin Junior? As we know now, this conflict will be resolved by Mullen “Deputizing” Bram Van Den Berg to replace it throughout the U2 ball in 2023-24.

But if there is nothing else, “surrender stories” are strong enough evidence on the concept to support the idea of ​​”the future” in Broadway “, whether in a similar stop or at a point where there is no stand on the stage in front of tens of thousands of screaming lovers is no longer an attractive choice.