![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Summer had moved to Germany before returning to the US, launching a recording career that would place her in rarefied air in terms of her chart-topping legacy. Elton John discusses the effect of hearing her amped-up disco numbers like “I Feel Love” at a club, with its electronic sound courtesy of composer/producer Giorgio Moroder and raw sexuality, as being intoxicating, saying, “It sounded like no other record.” “Love to Love You” opens with Summer as most remember her, crooning the hit used for the title. And with extensive access to home movies and interviews with Summer’s children and exes, the deeply personal aspect is evident when Sudano – who shares directing credit with Roger Ross Williams – notes that she’s “trying to figure out the many pieces of who mom was.” Even in a boom time for musical profiles, this HBO presentation shines brighter than most.įeaturing bountiful clips of Summer performing that take viewers back to the ’70s, garish disco outfits and all, the overall effect is almost immersive. “Intimate” is an overused word in biographical documentaries, but with her daughter, Brooklyn Sudano, serving as co-director “Love to Love You, Donna Summer” more than fits that description, providing an up-close look at the disco diva’s life and astonishing talent, without sugarcoating its thornier aspects. ![]()
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