You want a real biography? See a documentary. "Movie bios" are sort of loose riffs on a person's life and accuracy isn't always sought after...a good story is. Or a good dramatic opportunity for gifted performers like B. Streisand, Doris Day, Joaquin Phoenix, etc.
Richard Del Belso Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:55:23 -0600 From: brucehershen...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] What WERE the best film biographies of popular singers? To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Good points everyone! That raises another question. Should a biographical film be as factual as possible, even if the result is a far less entertaining movie? Ot should they paraphrase the advice of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and go with "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend"? And which of the bios mentioned WERE the most factual? Or the LEAST factual? Bruce On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 7:47 PM, Franc <fdav...@verizon.net> wrote: Funny Girl, Love or Leave Me. The Helen Morgan Story and Jolson Story are all highly enjoyable musical films but I don't know if I'd call them great "biographies". A lot of those films are fictional. I also don't know if your question is a fair one: does the world need more horror films or detective films or sci-fi films or love stories or porno? The world needs good films, no matter the genre. FRANC P.S. Add La Bamba to the list. -----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu] On Behalf Of Bruce Hershenson Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 1:01 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: [MOPO] What WERE the best film biographies of popular singers? All this talk about a Sinatra movie biography got me wondering if there is really a need for more biographies of great pop singers. What WERE the best film biographies of popular singers? Bruce Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
