Should you watch This Is It?
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This Is It
Documentary · 2009
A compilation of interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London.
The sides of This Is It
- Rehearsals for a London run that never happened
- A band and dancers auditioning for the tour
- Old songs rebuilt cue by cue
This Is It is good for you if…
- you want Thriller and Billie Jean worked out note by note.
- you like watching one performer run a whole room.
- you like being in the room where the work actually happens.
This Is It is bad for you if…
- you want to know the man, and the camera stays on the work.
- you want a story with something at stake, and these are rehearsals.
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