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| Author: | milchman [ Sun Oct 25, 2009 1:27 pm ] |
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Saw Cadillac Records on Wednesday. What a fucking travesty! I understand the concept of dramatic license, but don't see how this covers having Little Walter shoot someone dead for passing himself off as the legendary bluesman, nor having Muddy Waters become an accessory to murder by driving Walter away from the crime scene. There is plenty of evidence that Little Walter was no saint, but none that he was a cold blooded murderer. I also understand that no dramatised film can include every single character that was involved in the story, but to imply that Chess Records was run entirely by Leonard Chess and totally failing to even acknowledge the contribution of his brother Phil is just plain bizarre and to tell the Chess Records story without any reference whatsoever to Bo Diddley is downright stupid. On top of this the film was full of anachronisms; 1950's cars in the 1940s, an Electric Light Orchestra logo in a record shop in the early 60s, Chuck Berry watching Elvis join the army and declaring that the way was open for him to become the king of rock & roll, after The Rolling Stones visit Chess studios. I'm sure there were many more, but I'm pretty crap at spotting such things. The most scandalous thing is that the film was being shown as part of black history month; as if there aren't enough portrayals of black men as killers without adding Little Walter to the list. Anyway, got me thinking, has there ever been a good dramatised biopic of a figure from popular music? Plenty of good documentaries, plenty of good films about fictional musicians, plenty of good biopics of people outside music, maybe one or two about classical musicians or composers, but I can't think of any good dramatised biopics from the world of modern popular music. Any suggestions? As an aside, also showing with Cadillac Records was a documentary about Duke Vin and Count Suckle, my main reason for going. Two truly unsung heroes of the introduction of not just ska but also rhythm & blues to the UK. |
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| Author: | Bovine Juice [ Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:57 pm ] |
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| Author: | Simon Los Love [ Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:21 pm ] |
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| Author: | milchman [ Wed Oct 28, 2009 2:05 am ] |
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| Author: | tim [ Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:11 pm ] |
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Control, about Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis? |
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| Author: | Simon Los Love [ Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:26 pm ] |
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| Author: | milchman [ Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:16 pm ] |
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| Author: | He Who Hears Horses [ Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:14 pm ] |
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| Author: | milchman [ Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:31 pm ] |
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| Author: | Simon Los Love [ Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:48 am ] |
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I'm Not There is good. I especially loved the Billy The Kid section even though I thought casting Richard Gere in any film was a bad idea. It works for me because there are loads of references to songs from the basement tapes in there (Pack up your meat is the only one that springs to mind at the moment) & the version of Goin' To Acapulco sung by Jim James is breathtaking. |
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| Author: | Simon Los Love [ Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:59 am ] |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6Km9L1S ... r_embedded Oh good God. This looks bad. Worse than The Birth Of The Beatles. Backbeat was alright though. |
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| Author: | tim [ Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:05 am ] |
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| Author: | Johnny Anarchy [ Fri Oct 30, 2009 3:12 pm ] |
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I Shot Andy Warhol was good - it probably couldn't capture the sheer weirdness of the Factory but Lili Taylor was great as Valerie Solanis and Yo La Tengo playing the Velvets was quite cool. I'd like to see Telstar - I've read that Carl Barat as Gene Vincent is beyond belief but that some of the other performances are good. |
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| Author: | wurzel [ Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:43 pm ] |
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| Author: | matt611 [ Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:45 pm ] |
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| Author: | delia [ Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:56 am ] |
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| Author: | milchman [ Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:52 pm ] |
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| Author: | milchman [ Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:56 pm ] |
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| Author: | Hywel the Sequin [ Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:13 pm ] |
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| Author: | delia [ Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:05 pm ] |
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