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THE WONDERFUL LIFE OF COLIN VEARNCOMBE
AN INTIMATE PROFILE OF THE ARTIST KNOWN AS BLACK
SIMPLE FILMS PRESENTS
A FILM BY STUART CRESSWELL
In 1987, Black’s song “Wonderful Life” struck
music chart gold.
For most people, only the memory of that song remains - the
signature tune to their own lives - wonderful or not.
Producer/Director: Stuart Cresswell
Office: 10 Field Street, Shepshed,
Leics, LE12 9AL
Tel: 01509 602148
Email: info@simplefilms.co.uk
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Film maker Stuart Cresswell was granted
privileged access to his long time friend
Colin Vearncombe (a.k.a. Black) during a
tumultuous period in his life.
We see him at work in his own recording
studio and - in a surreal sequence - sitting
alongside a huge iconic photo of his face
for the opening night of his film.
Colin’s untimely death in January 2016 at
the age of 53, at a time when his star was
once more ascending, has left a hole in so
many lives and has been felt keenly in his
adopted home town of Schull in Ireland.
We find in Colin a humble, generous,
thoughtful, creative genius. These intimate
interviews and scenes have never before
been seen and his fans around the world
would welcome the insight into this
normally private man.
Filmed intimately at his home on the
coast in Co. Cork, Colin talks about his
work since “Wonderful Life” (3 hit
albums with A&M before releasing 17
more on his own label); touring; his
forays into film and video music and the
launch of his own film ‘Water on Stone’
at a film festival.
He also talks about his art - not just
music but poetry and paintings.
Then there are the thoughts about his
private life, the task of settling and rebuilding a life in rural Ireland and
becoming part of the community in so
many ways.
Our footage also includes interviews with
some of his friends, but in light of Colin’s
very recent and sad death, we could reach
out to more people for further insights into
the man with the golden voice who wrote
some of the finest songs in recent years.
Colin Vearncombe will be
acknowledged in years to come as a
true and rare talent in the music
world. These interviews could help
us to remember the very genuine
and much loved man who made the
lives of all he touched...wonderful.