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Re: Moon biopic
>keets "might I ask what everyone expects from the upcoming Keith Moon
>movie? Here are some possible choices for discussion: a) an investigation
>of Moon as a person, including formative influences b) an investigation of
>Moon as a drummer, including formative influences c) an investigation of
>Moon as a member of The Who, including lots of Who music."
>
>I am going to guess we'll see a combination of a & c. Moon's drumming
>style would be interesting to me, but you have got to have a feel good
>populist vibe to make it big. If you want an Oscar, you must throw in some
>poignancy and overracting.
>
>I see a slice of life, character study much like "Man on the Moon".
I didn't see that one, but I did read the reviews. Here's a good comment at
the imdb:
http://us.imdb.com/Details?0125664#comment
This may be standard problems with biopics, as I recall BEST (biopic of
George Best) got some of the same complaints. I did see that one and
agreed. I guess it's easy to fall into showing the events and failing to
make them meaningful to the story. Movies are really short when it comes to
reviewing a whole lifetime, so events in the movie should have some
purpose--like to provide insight into what made people behave (or achieve)
as they did.
>Casting? Mike Myers would make a fine Moonie IMHO.
I had sort of thought so too, but rumor is that Jason Schwartzman is to be
Moonie--the young one, anyway.
I think Roger has said he wants the movie to be about Moon as a person, and
about the music. Do you think these are conflicting goals?
keets
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