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Re: Moon movie
> I'd like to see Keith's story told from a third-party's point of view.
That might work. Kind of like Almost Famous which was kind of about the
fictional band & the groupie but told through the eyes of the kid. I could
see that.
> I've had a couple visions of how this could come off, one of which would
> be the story told from the perspective of Dougal. Dougal would be the
> central character of the story and we would see Keith through his
> recollections.
Haven't scripts been written based on Dougal's book? I've heard many of
those stories were somewhat sensationalized. I don't know if Daltrey would
go for that. Too much zany, wild, out-of-control Keith. I think Daltrey
wants to avoid those trappings.
> The other, and the one that's more compelling to me, would be told from
> ROGER'S perspective.
Roger who? ;-o (sorry)
> This entire project seems to me to be a labor of love for Roger, and
> using him as the central focus of the story (and his recollections) makes
> it more interesting to me.
That might convolute things further. Then the movie becomes a Roger & Keith
film, & not a Keith film. Roger's too famous to be the "central focus" &
still have the film be about Keith.
> The main plot would be Roger's "quest" to have Keith's story told correct-
> ly. There are dozens of opportunities to flashback as Roger pitches the
> idea to film producers, writers, etc...
A movie about making a movie? I don't know.... Somehow I think Keith's
story is interesting enough to not have to go through all that. I just
think the movie would drift more towards Roger than Keith if Roger were made
a central part of the plot. Then it becomes like...."Well, what about the
other guys? What about Pete & John?" Keith's personality apparently was
so dominant that *everyone* became a secondary character when he was around.
Yeah, Roger seems to have taken it on himself to be the judge & jury on
these possible movie scripts. That could be good & bad. Good because Roger
will want the movie to be true to Moon's spirit. Bad because he might be
too critical in judging the scripts & dealing with a production company (if
it gets that far).
It would be awful if Roger OK'd a script only to see the final result go
against much of what he had fought for. I think that's what happened to Ray
Manzarek of The Doors. He started out as a consultant on the Doors movie
& then complained bitterly about the final product. That's all we need -
a Moon movie Daltrey tells fans not to go & see.
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