The story of the extraordinary final chapter of Freddie Mercury’s life and how, after his death from AIDS, Queen staged one of the biggest concerts in history, the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium, to celebrate his life and challenge the prejudices around HIV/AIDS. For the first time, Freddie's story is told alongside the experiences of those who tested positive for HIV and lost loved ones during the same period. Medical practitioners, survivors, and human rights campaigners recount the intensity of living through the AIDS pandemic and the moral panic it brought about.
Aside from being the only act in musical history to land the same UK Christmas number one twice, Queen's affinity with the yuletide season ran deeper than just commercial success. With Bohemian Rhapsody halfway through its nine-week run atop the charts in December 1975, Queen chose Christmas Eve to play a televised tour de force from London's Hammersmith Odeon. Freddie Mercury had a deep-rooted love for everything Christmas, with a lifelong generosity of spirit. In this documentary, friends and loved ones reflect on the band, alongside many of Queen's best-loved hits and rare footage of Mercury with some of his closest confidantes.
프레디 머큐리는 영국 록 역사상 가장 매력적이고 복잡한 성격과 카리스마를 지닌 아티스트이다. 그 동안 제작된 그룹 퀸에 대한 여러 작품에 비해 이 새로운 다큐멘터리는 프레디와 그의 솔로 프로젝트들에 초점을 맞추었다. 프레디와의 인터뷰, 콘서트는 물론 뮤직비디오와 대부분 처음 공개되는 사적인 자료영상과 함께 동료들과의 새로운 인터뷰도 담겨 있는 이 작품은 슈퍼스타의 이미지에 가려진 한 인간의 모습을 보여준다. (2013년 제9회 제천국제음악영화제)
Last week Freddie Mercury would have celebrated his 60th birthday. To mark the occasion, celebrity fans Robbie Williams, McFly and Mike Myers talk about what they think made him so special. Photographs, home video footage and rarely heard interviews with the man himself are featured and some of Freddie's close friends and family reveal the man behind the magic.
