Re: possible Moon movie story lines

[Andreas J Athans <ajathans@hopper.unh.edu>]

Just curious, how do destruction and evolution go together in your
description of rock?:-)

drew

Andreas J. Athans
UNH Chemistry Dept.
Parsons Hall #209
University of New Hampshire
Durham,NH 03824

On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, gern blanston wrote:

> >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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