Monday is about movies, and sometimes TV. Today, a swipe at the docos and biopics that lazily parade around a subject and leave out the darkness, the facts, the (true) grit…
I work in music documentary. At the big budget biopic end - the rough edges are gone as, it is all about R.O.I and being safe, sadly. I am a lover of dirt and light, and every 'star' has a fairshare of both. I have shot on The ATP film, The Stone Roses and Sparks films - and know what was left out - a lot of good stuff.. but at the end of the day, again - it is down to getting the narrative three act in, and of course, having the stars look good (Russ + Ron Mael of Sparks, are genuniely good guys - so no shade there!). I would say if we wanted a more balanced music film on an artist - then a lower budget hence more freedom from a bigger break even (which attenuates the more hard out or nasty aspects out of the picture) would improve things. The Beach Boys film sounds like a 90 minute smilefest like watching 'Kokomo' and the pastel chino wearing 'boys' within that video on repeat. yuck.
I hated Bohemian Rhapsody so much. Truly a phenomenally shit movie that my kid has watched 8000 times. No movie about Freddie should be able to be watched by a nine year old. Freddie would be fuming if he was still alive.
I work in music documentary. At the big budget biopic end - the rough edges are gone as, it is all about R.O.I and being safe, sadly. I am a lover of dirt and light, and every 'star' has a fairshare of both. I have shot on The ATP film, The Stone Roses and Sparks films - and know what was left out - a lot of good stuff.. but at the end of the day, again - it is down to getting the narrative three act in, and of course, having the stars look good (Russ + Ron Mael of Sparks, are genuniely good guys - so no shade there!). I would say if we wanted a more balanced music film on an artist - then a lower budget hence more freedom from a bigger break even (which attenuates the more hard out or nasty aspects out of the picture) would improve things. The Beach Boys film sounds like a 90 minute smilefest like watching 'Kokomo' and the pastel chino wearing 'boys' within that video on repeat. yuck.
Also I can’t watch the Amy Winehouse movie because I hate her dad too much. The doco is very bleak.
They make the dad nice in this though :)
Because, you know, BIOPIC! (Jazz hands!)
I hated Bohemian Rhapsody so much. Truly a phenomenally shit movie that my kid has watched 8000 times. No movie about Freddie should be able to be watched by a nine year old. Freddie would be fuming if he was still alive.
Totally. Terrible film. And full of lies and shifted timelines