Plot
Cast
*Production
The film was made in the«... My next album is called 'A Day In The Life Of Sticky Fingaz'. The whole thing is almost like 'Black Trash', like a story where the whole thing connects but each song makes sense and stands alone by itself. The whole thing is one day... It's not even an album... You'll be able to play it or watch it or do both simultaneously as the songs go. It's almost like a hip-hop Broadway play. It will be a new age in music.»In 2007, in an interview for ''The A-List Magazine'', the director figuratively described the plot of the film as a story in which «"The Godfather" meets "Romeo and Juliet"». In the same year, in an interview based on fan questions from the Onyx website's forum, Sticky Fingaz called his film «Shakespearean rap opera».
«... I'm going to sharply change the game. I have a film in which I am a director and I play a main role, it's called "A Day In The Life". It's like a Shakespearean rap opera, I still don't know which genre to assign to it. I will be the first person to show my album in cinemas. Now all the music will be visual. Do you know how cinema has less impact without inserted music? This is the opposite. Music is less effective without visuals. I am going to change this situation.»In 2008, in an interview for the portal ''RapReviews'', Sticky Fingaz referred to the new film as a movie built on rap: «''A Day In The Life'' — basically it's ''Black Trash'', the Kirk Jones album, on steroids. The whole entire movie is a wrap. There are no regular parts in the movie at all, all the dialogue is in rap.»
Release
The film premiered on July 2, 2009 in West Hollywood, California. The film was released on DVD 5 days later, on July 7, 2009. In Russia, the film was released on DVD by the company Mysteriya Zvuka on March 31, 2011. The Russian edition was accompanied by Russian subtitles. In 2015, Sticky Fingaz released the film ''How To Make A Major Independent Movie'' in which he talked about how the film ''A Day In The Life'' was created: «When I started filming ''A Day In The Life'' I wanted to make film and describe the process I went through. That's how was created the documentary ''How To Make A Major Independent Movie'', which provides behind-the-scenes tips and tricks to aspiring filmmakers, alongside words of advice from many others.»Soundtrack
''A Day In The Life: The Soundtrack'' is the official soundtrack to the 2009 movie of the same name, released digitally on July 14, 2009 by Major Independents andReception
The film received positive reviews from critics. Erin Burris from ''JustPressPlay'' wrote her review: «...The movie was just an endless array of flashy camera and flashier guns and jewelry. It was shot after shot of shot after shot. The whole film was a glorified music video and an excuse to show ladies in hot tubs and gratuitous gun shot wounds. No wonder it didn’t have a theatrical release.» Bart Rietvink from ''Cine Magazine'' also spoke on this subject: «...Women like sex objects, gangsters, shoot outs, and pampered rides abound in 'A Day in the Life', but it all thunders little when the lyrics reach the viewer (usually) in rhyme and accompanied with a nice beat.» Tyler Foster from ''DVDTalk'' gave his own assessment: «...And yet A Day in the Life is a highly entertaining and extremely watchable movie, because the plot and direction all take a backseat to Jones' central conceit, which is clever, interesting and different.» Christopher Armstead from ''FilmCriticsUnited'' summed up: «...I did enjoy watching ‘A Day in the Life’ which is the second Hip Hopera I’ve seen with the first being ‘Confessions of a Thug’. ‘Thug’ was probably an overall better movie than ‘Life’ even though it had a quarter of a percent of the star power of ‘Life’, but... ‘A Day in the Life’ was 100% pure hip-hop.» Jeff from ''The Jaded Viewer'' gave his final forecast: «See this movie. At least, for novelty sake. I mean this film has singlehandedly reaffirmed my faith in modern black cinema. I had once been lost and confused. Searching for something to fill the emptiness in my soul that was once filled with rap and gang violence. But now, I can say, once again, I am whole. Yes, I have found my savior. And my savior’s name is Sticky Fingaz.»See also
* List of hood filmsReferences
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