Lee Scratch Perry's Vision of Paradise

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Lee Scratch Perry's Vision of Paradise

2015

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40%

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5 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Henry Barnes

Guardian

02/04/2016

3/5

Be he space traveller, madman and/or fish, Perry (and the film) are certifiably original.

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Trevor Johnston

Time Out

02/01/2016

2/5

So entranced with Perry's ramblings that it neglects the musical context.

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Allie Gemmill

CineVue

04/05/2019

2/5

It's a shame, but Vision of Paradise isn't really a vision of paradise at all. Rather, its a mish-mash of ideas, cobbled together by a filmmaker who is so enthralled with his subject that he failed to find coherence among the unbridled creativity.

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Kevin Harley

Total Film

10/12/2016

4/5

The real Perry gradually emerges, and his genius is all the more thrilling for it.

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Chadwick Jenkins

PopMatters

08/02/2016

2/10

There'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.

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