most of the origin stories in biopics play as any more realistic than a time traveling teenager giving Chuck Berry the idea for Johnny B Goode
― nomar, Thursday, 11 May 2017 20:50 (six years ago) link
If I had a rating system that took the difference between how much I thought I was gonna enjoy a movie and how much I actually enjoyed it, Walk Hard would probably be my highest rated movie ever
― frogbs, Thursday, 11 May 2017 20:53 (six years ago) link
same
― PRESIDENT STEAMPUNK J. BRAINSTEM (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 11 May 2017 20:58 (six years ago) link
y'all are tripping walk hard was great, or maybe i'm just too blinded by my love for tim the work of tim meadows to see clearly
― meekseeks mill (voodoo chili), Thursday, 11 May 2017 20:58 (six years ago) link
tim the world of tim meadows needs to be the title of tim meadows' autobio
― PRESIDENT STEAMPUNK J. BRAINSTEM (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 11 May 2017 21:14 (six years ago) link
lol forget that superfluous tim
(also what casting directors seem to be unfortunately saying about tim meadows at this point)
― meekseeks mill (voodoo chili), Thursday, 11 May 2017 21:24 (six years ago) link
in the ll biopic i hope there's a scene where you see ll in his trailer on the set of deep blue sea, notepad in hand, frustrated - he's blocked. then he catches sight of his hat and his eyes narrow, then widen, then he smiles. cut to 'deepest bluest'.
― balls, Thursday, 25 July 2013 18:09 (three years ago) Permalink
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 20 May 2017 17:43 (six years ago) link
not a biopic but this made me think of this thread:
Tom Weschler allegedly helped inspire Reed to create the opening melody. During recording, Weschler told Reed: "Alto, think about it like this: You're in New York City, on the Bowery. It's 3 a.m. You're under a streetlamp. There's a light mist coming down. You're all by yourself. Show me what that sounds like." With that, Reed played the opening melody to "Turn the Page".[3]
― real muthaphuckkin jeez (crüt), Sunday, 6 December 2020 15:09 (three years ago) link
I was in a play in high school called A Song is Born, about the creation of the song "Silent Night". I played Franz Gruber, the person who wrote the music.
He inexplicably had no lines, just played the song Silent Night on his guitar and sang it, but the lyricist, Joseph Mohr, had an entire scene where he just sat there going..."Wait....Silent ...Night? Holy! Night. .....all is calm? all is bright? ohhhh, ees good! eeesss good!"
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Sunday, 6 December 2020 15:14 (three years ago) link
we had actual German students on site who were helping the actors learn German accents. the first thing the asshole actor playing Mohr asks them: "How do you all feel about Hitler?"
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Sunday, 6 December 2020 15:18 (three years ago) link
I assume they said ohhhh, ees good! eeesss good!
― rob, Sunday, 6 December 2020 15:57 (three years ago) link
lol
― pomenitul, Sunday, 6 December 2020 15:59 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16-MfdvOZD4
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Sunday, 6 December 2020 16:35 (three years ago) link
Do biopics of writers, painters etc. suffer from the same problem? Or are these films made for a supposedly more sophisticated audience, who are assumed to be able to pick up more subtle allusions to the artist's work in the depiction of their lives?
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 6 December 2020 17:02 (three years ago) link
"wait a minute...I'll LEAVE the penis IN!"
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Sunday, 6 December 2020 17:08 (three years ago) link
Todd Rundgen to the Mael brothers: whoa whoa whoa boys, now some sparks are flyin’!
― frogbs, Sunday, 6 December 2020 17:13 (three years ago) link
Ickey Woods biopic: "Hmm....fans like it when I dance after touchdowns. It's not a dance, so much as a shuffling of feet...HEY WAIT...I 'll call it the..."
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Sunday, 6 December 2020 17:14 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXOw0uTY1kQ
― jmm, Sunday, 6 December 2020 17:32 (three years ago) link
that's an unfortunate title
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Sunday, 6 December 2020 17:33 (three years ago) link