Feature films about musicians

Lisztomania by Ken Russell.

Both great movies, imho.

Madreselva, from Argentina in the 30's. The plot is something like this: struggling singer meets and then loses macho but ultimately decent man. Goes to Europe to mend broken heart, becomes huge singing star, feted and celebrated in all major capitals. Some time later returns home, somehow concealing presence, where her former paramour is now marrying her sister. Hiding behind a curtain she provides the singing voice (singing title song "Madreselva"?- now a beloved tango) for a puppet show at sister's wedding, causing aged father to drop dead on the spot (because he recognized her voice?), before she has had a chance to pop out from behind curtain to embrace him. Sings about the madreselva (honeysuckle) one more time and somehow they all live happily ever after.

god i loved that one. in a way it was the template for "behind the music." could easily be remade as "the fabulous gallagher boys" or "the fabulous van halen boys" without too much work.

and i add "little voice"

Oh! The Hot Spot!

Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story

just watched I'm Not There and it's cool, still sinking in. It's fictionalized like Velvet Goldmine with different characters/actors for the various stages of Dylan (young folkie, Voice of a Generation, rocker, etc). don't know how it would go over with those who don't know his story already but way better than a straight biopic (which could have easily turned into The Doors movie cheese).

I definitely recommend the film Crossroads - here's a blog post I just put together on the 'Ten Must-See Films for Musicians' might give you a few more ideas!
http://www.themusiciansguide.co.uk/blog/08/five-ways-to-learn-about-music-promotion-without-compromising-your-songwriting-time/

Grand Theft Parsons

There's a fantastic moment in the Buddy Holly Story, where we see Buddy in the studio during the recording of 'Raining in My Heart' dashing off the part for the waiting Orch. and two Cherman classical dude are seen poring over it: 'Ist ferry Clefer, he hass ze shtrings playink pizzicato - like ze raindrops on ze vindow!' (something like that anyway)

let's get lost, directed by bruce weber, about chet baker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PGeOZqvISk

i loved it, but know going in that it's gonna glorify a person who left a trail of despair, basically because he was so handsome and charismatic

but dang, so handsome and charismatic, and what a trail, and you can view the film as a version of what it might have felt like to fall under that spell

101 Dalmatians

People who sign their posts on internet forums: where are they now?

Chinaski

Pretty sure this wasn't me, would like to think it's the real Big Mick.

I have an unfortunate affinity for Let's Get Lost tho Karl is right about it

finally watched Be Here to Love Me, thought it did a really nice job of noting TVZ's particular genius without romanticizing or diminishing the extent and impact of his alcoholism on those who cared about him.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/movies/blank-generation-amos-poe.html

Amos Poe lost control of his documentary Blank Generation about the music scene that spawned artists like Blondie and Talking Heads after a dispute with Ivan Kral, the guitarist who made the movie with him.

That's an article from 2020. Does anyone know whether the streaming versions of Blank Generation are the original version with credit to Poe and Kral, or the more recent Kral estate version with Poe's name deleted and the film ending changed ?