They might be exercises in pop culture fandom — Top 5 David Bowie albums, Greatest Movie Villains of All Time — or more serious collections, like the Top 5 breakups in Rob’s life that have left her unattached in her early 30s. There’s a scene in High Fidelity, the new Hulu series starring Zoe Kravitz as a record store owner, in which her character, Rob (short for Robyn), shows up unannounced at the apartment of British ex-boyfriend Mac. Questlove Photos - Questlove DJs during the "High Fidelity" New York Premiere at The Metrograph on February 13, 2020 in New York City. In this High Fidelity, it isn’t just guys who get to be snobby or caddish or self-destructive. Happily, the effort pays off.
Copyright © 2020 Penske Business Media, LLC. This one definitely deserved another season.”. All rights reserved. They are love interests, exes, helpful friends of exes—and all either victims of the 30-something male characters’ arrested development or vehicles for their maturation. This one did. Find every song used in the 'High Fidelity' remake starring Zoë Kravitz here. It has to be good enough to follow David Bowie, and also start to tell a story. She is, first of all, played by Zoë Kravitz, daughter of Lenny Kravitz and an actor of effortless cool. ), “The movie and the book are kind of perfect iterations of the source material,” Veronica West, show co-creator with Sarah Kucserka, told the Hollywood Reporter. Veronica West & Sarah Kucserka, who developed the series for television, executive produced alongside Kravitz, Midnight Radio’s Scott Rosenberg — who co-wrote the High Fidelity feature — Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec and Jeff Pinkner, as well as Nick Hornby.
But there’s something subtler going on in High Fidelity. © 2020 The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLC Terms of Use/Privacy Policy. It needs to say, “Keep listening,” Rob explains.
This one did.
(Check out Randolph dancing to Dexy’s Midnight Runners’ “Come On Eileen” in the pilot. I Just Might Crack The Makers • Howl. Zoe Kravitz in 'High Fidelity,' the Hulu TV series adaptation of Nick Hornby's 1995 novel.
In the digital era, the listener decides. Valentines Day. Subscribe to Deadline Breaking News Alerts and keep your inbox happy. All Rights reserved. “To make it modern and tell a different story, it seems like doing that from a female point of view was absolutely necessary.”. i was truly about to text you.” High Fidelity was based on the 1995 book from Nick Hornby and the 2000 film starring John Cusack. If you like TVLine, you'll LOVE our weekly newsletter. Which is to say, High Fidelity often seems familiar, and sometimes fucked up, definitely vibey. He’s super chill.” Her glorious reply: “I don’t wanna lose the guy I used to be, either.”, ‘You Bet Your Ass I've Got Regrets.’ As Election Day Nears, More of Trump’s Former Officials Are Speaking Out Against Him, Australian Man Dies Eight Years After Swallowing Slug, You can unsubscribe at any time. Nor will she click on Spotify’s anodyne 92-track ‘Break Up Songs’ playlist promising “the best cure for a broken heart!”. Bobby Brown Goes Down Frank Zappa • Sheik Yerbouti. Does this depiction of life in 2019 Brooklyn – the sterile neon-lit cafes and expensive coffee, the banter with the friendly bodega man (a perfect example of what Willy Staley recently termed “bodega fetishism”) – look real?
Till It Hits the Ground Thomas Doherty • High Fidelity (Original Soundtrack) 3:06 0:30. She wants to hear him say that he loves her more than his new partner, Lily, and that the couple have no plans to marry, thereby ruining Rob’s life. - "High Fidelity" New York Premiere High Fidelity launches on Hulu on 14 February and in the UK at a later date, Available for everyone, funded by readers. 9. Kravitz replied, “@questlove ugh. The gender flip smartly reorients the music of the movie; now, a black, queer woman (one of Rob’s top five ex-lovers is a woman) dictates the terms of taste and asserts the vibe, even if her pop culture awareness is almost entirely music-centric (a series-long bit involves Rob talking about but never actually watching The Sopranos, a choice to ignore a television touchstone that feels pointed and also very much something I have done). i’m sorry ! Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our. High Fidelity was based on the 1995 book from Nick Hornby and the 2000 film starring John Cusack. (Feb. 12, 2020 - Source: Getty Images North America), Magical Moments from Justin Timberlake on 'Saturday Night Live', Celebrities Who Photobombed Normal People, Justin Timberlake's Impressive Roster of Ex-Girlfriends, Stars on Set -- Coming Attractions for 2011, New Photos from Lifetime's Britney Spears Biopic, Sotheby's Inaugural Hip Hop Auction And Exhibition, Lena Horne Prize Event Honoring Solange Knowles Presented By Salesforce, California Notice / Do Not Sell My Personal Information. In every episode, we get to see women, queer people and people of color to whom music matters just as much as it does to the archetypal straight, white, man-child record collector. And thank you to everyone who watched, loved and supported us.”.
In a blow against essentialism, these characters are multifaceted human beings before they’re representatives of their gender, race or sexual orientation. Kravitz replied, “@questlove ugh.