Re: possible Moon movie story lines

["gern blanston" <gernblanston67@hotmail.com>]

>From: Jeff House <jjthandmeh@juno.com>
>Subject: Moon movie models
>
>keets  "What are some other possible models we could wish for?"
>
>My preferred models (this week) are the work of Paul Thomas Anderson.  Who
>wrote, produced and directed two of the best character studies of the last
>few years:  "Boogie Nights" and "Magnolia".

He might be a good one (Boogie Nights was good, Magnolia was a good try). I 
really don't know how much of a character study a Keith Moon movie would be. 
As far as depth goes, we really don't know of much he had, and it might not 
be a satisfying story to explore Moon the man. And as far as 
accomplishments, he wasn't Beethoven or the Marquis de Sade, his claim to 
fame was being a rock drummer, plain and simple.

I think what might be a cool idea is sort of paralleling Moon's destruction 
with the "destruction" or evolution of rock and roll. Moon was a rock 
monster who thrived on big rock, a big sound. As rock grew more outrageous 
(moving to stadiums, the excesses of rock icons) so did he. In fact, he is 
the perfect personification (if that's the right word) of the rock and roll 
phenomenon. Then punk and disco began gaining popularity, sort of making his 
kind a dinosaur.

Just a thought.

-gern


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