\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\tBillie Eilish\u2019s excellent new concert movie Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D) i<\/a><\/em>s the rare film that\u2019s directed by two Oscar winners: James Cameron and Eilish herself<\/a>. These two make an unusual pair, coming from two totally different worlds \u2014 the man who directed Titanic<\/em> and the woman who wrote \u201cLunch.\u201d (She\u2019s won Best Song twice, for the Barbie<\/em> song you remember and a James Bond theme you don\u2019t.) It\u2019s a 3D film, for that extra-immersive experience. But onscreen, as onstage, there\u2019s nobody else on earth like Billie Eilish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\tHit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)<\/a><\/em><\/em> is her third concert film, after the animation-heavy 2021 Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles<\/em> <\/a>and the 2023 Live at the O2<\/em>. But despite the 3D effects, it ends up as a straight-ahead presentation of a no-frills stage show. Like the tour, it all comes down to Eilish and the power of her deeply personal songs. It\u2019s no behind-the-scenes doc of wacky backstage shenanigans. Nothing distracts from the emotional intimacy of Eilish onstage, belting \u201cThe Greatest\u201d or \u201cHappier Than Ever,\u201d on an artistic peak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\tThe show opens strong with \u201cChihiro\u201d and \u201cLunch,\u201d which set the tone for the whole concert\u2014no dancers, no costume changes, no glitz, just Eilish bringing her songs to life. She works hard to make it feel like one woman alone with her audience. At one point she shows the camera the scrapes on her hands from running through the crowd high-fiving fans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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