
Lee Scratch Perry's Vision of Paradise is a unique project in many ways. It is the life story of the legendary musician, but it is not a biography, it is a fairytale documentary! The director followed Lee Perry for thirteen years and discovered an unbelievable story, a revelation, told about and with one of the major protagonists of contemporary music, the other half of the story that has never been told. The movie can be seen as a guide for how to change the world with music... (Full plot summary below)
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Lee Scratch Perry's Vision of Paradise is a unique project in many ways. It is the life story of the legendary musician, but it is not a biography, it is a fairytale documentary! The director followed Lee Perry for thirteen years and discovered an unbelievable story, a revelation, told about and with one of the major protagonists of contemporary music, the other half of the story that has never been told. The movie can be seen as a guide for how to change the world with music, with a positive attitude, mindset or, as Lee Perry calls it, vibration.
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| Total FilmKevin HarleyThe real Perry gradually emerges, and his genius is all the more thrilling for it. |
| GuardianHenry BarnesBe he space traveller, madman and/or fish, Perry (and the film) are certifiably original. |
| Time OutTrevor JohnstonSo entranced with Perry's ramblings that it neglects the musical context. |
| PopMattersChadwick JenkinsThere's doubtless a way one could produce a filmic account of Perry's eccentric vision that is respectful and illuminating, but Schaner's paternalistic approach strikes me as misguided-and a little cruel. |