Of the three films based on Roald Dahl’s novel, we have to put ourselves in the middle: The year was 2005 when Tim Burton They commissioned him to direct what would be a remake, after the one starring Gene Wilder, a version that was much less British and much more colorful, in a successful style.
In it we’re shown an inherently eccentric Willy Wonka, even though he’s much less visually fluid than his (and fictional) predecessor. As justification for this strange strictness that Johnny Depp interpreted so well, they showed us a glimpse of Willy’s childhood as he tried to escape from his dentist father (Christopher Lee) who forbade him from eating sweets.
this The personification of Wonka is childish It was entrusted to little Blair Dunlop, who was born in 1992 and was thirteen years old at the time.
Interestingly enough, so is Dunlop Son of Ashley Hutching, legendary folk musician Fairport Convention co-founder and singer Judy Dunlop. So he grew up immersed in an environment where music was the hero of the family. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Rocket man They were the two titles that occupied his fleeting film career.
In 2012 his musical leap will come Blight and blossomtheir first album On his own after his stint in The Albion Band between 2011 and 2013 (a project led by his father). Stemming from British folk, this debut album, “with traditional roots but with a contemporary look” (as stated on his website), earned him a Horizon Award at the BBC Radio2 Folk Awards and allowed him to embark on tours in the UK, Europe, North America and Australia.
Once established as a solo artist, Dunlop has released several albums since then, e.g House of Cranes, gilded also Notes from an island. In his own words, This is the fourth album, from 2018, He explored “the unified personal and political tone and reasoning in equal parts.” However, in the midst of his rise and promotion on tour and festivals, with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dunlop’s career came to a screeching halt.
He told, much later, to Songwriting magazine that he found writing difficult, and that he used the “break” to move on and close one stage to “start another,” and I arrived like this, in 2024, Out of the rainIt is the singer’s last album to date.
While touring the UK, Dunlop maintains his own record label, which gives him complete creative freedom to experiment and develop without industrial or commercial ties, and continues to take his folk legacy around the world.
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