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chaostrophy · (05-30-2012, 01:09 PM)

ToxicAdam · (05-30-2012, 01:18 PM)

Amadeus is fantastic. You need to watch it.

Black_Stride · (05-30-2012, 01:34 PM)

Originally Posted by Pkm:

I really enjoyed

Rehost! Rehost.
With the image wars going on ida thunk everyone would be running with one of the warring nations.

BertramCooper · (05-30-2012, 01:43 PM)

Originally Posted by ToxicAdam:

Amadeus is fantastic. You need to watch it.

I agree that it's fantastic, but Amadeus definitely is not a biopic.

WorriedCitizen · (05-30-2012, 01:47 PM)

Originally Posted by BertramCooper:

I agree that it's fantastic, but Amadeus definitely is not a biopic.

Why? I would say it definitely is. One could argue that it's not a conventional one tho.

Window · 01:52 PM

While not my favourite I do think American Splendor deserves a mention here (and The Straight Story if it qualifies).

Gooster · (05-30-2012, 01:48 PM)

La Bamba and Ed Wood.

BertramCooper · (05-30-2012, 01:49 PM)

Originally Posted by WorriedCitizen:

Why? I would say it definitely is. One could argue that it's not a conventional one tho.

Because it's pure fantasy. Biopics usually have at least some basis in reality. Amadeus is a phenomenal film, but it's almost entirely fiction.

Period drama? Yes. Biopic? No.

WorriedCitizen · (05-30-2012, 02:05 PM)

Originally Posted by BertramCooper:

Because it's pure fantasy. Biopics usually have at least some basis in reality. Amadeus is a phenomenal film, but it's almost entirely fiction.

Period drama? Yes. Biopic? No.

So you're saying Mozart didn't exist, he never lived around the time where the movie plays, all the music is made up, he wasn't a nutter etc? Of course the film is fictionalized and over the top but where do you draw the line? Some soviet era film about the life of Stalin is probably more fantasy then Amadeus.

That a biopic is fictionalized is part of it. They are not the same as docus or docu dramas.

Para bailar La Bomba · (05-30-2012, 02:06 PM)

Originally Posted by Discotheque:

Yeah I know, because there's a lot of biopics that are so much better than that crap (aside from Hardy's great performance)

Goodfellas (da best and my personal favorite)

No only is this my fave biopic, it's my fave movie period.

ToxicAdam · (05-30-2012, 03:18 PM)

Originally Posted by BertramCooper:

I agree that it's fantastic, but Amadeus definitely is not a biopic.

Why? Just because it's not 100% accurate with history?

bengraven · (05-30-2012, 03:22 PM)

Originally Posted by NotTheGuyYouKill:

I'm gonna say it now for future posterity:

Colin Hanks for the EviLore biopic:

"Call me..."

Xun · (05-30-2012, 04:24 PM)

Originally Posted by Forkball:

American Psycho.

Eh?

FairyD · (05-30-2012, 04:32 PM)

Spike Lee's second best film.

relaxor · (05-30-2012, 04:33 PM)

Ah thank you ^ I was worried noone had posted Malcolm X

Messypandas · (05-30-2012, 04:34 PM)

passion of the christ. especially the screaming

BertramCooper · 08:27 PM

Originally Posted by ToxicAdam:

Why? Just because it's not 100% accurate with history?

Originally Posted by WorriedCitizen:

So you're saying Mozart didn't exist, he never lived around the time where the movie plays, all the music is made up, he wasn't a nutter etc? Of course the film is fictionalized and over the top but where do you draw the line? Some soviet era film about the life of Stalin is probably more fantasy then Amadeus.

That a biopic is fictionalized is part of it. They are not the same as docus or docu dramas.

The crux of the entire film - that Salieri despised Mozart, renounced God, and led Mozart to an early grave - is a complete fabrication with little basis in reality.

If you were to ask Milos Forman or Peter Shaffer if the film were a biopic, they would almost certainly say no. Neither the film nor the play it was based on were designed as such.

It's a phenomenal film. But it's not a biopic. You might as well classify Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter as a biopic if you're going to count Amadeus as one.

Fritz · (05-30-2012, 08:07 PM)

Originally Posted by Gooster:

La Bamba and Ed Wood.

I love Ed Wood! +1. Albeit there's probably also a lot of fiction involved.

ToxicAdam · (05-31-2012, 12:04 AM)

Originally Posted by BertramCooper:

It's a phenomenal film. But it's not a biopic. You might as well classify Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter as a biopic if you're going to count Amadeus as one.

That is ridiculously hyperbolic. A more apt comparison would have been Rudy.

NEOPARADIGM · (05-31-2012, 12:05 AM)

Originally Posted by Gustav:

JFK

same

UrokeJoe · (05-31-2012, 12:14 AM)

The Buddy Holly Story.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N50WSWxIYk4

Gary Busey!

mattiewheels · 04:55 AM

Originally Posted by swoon:

edvard munch by peter watkins

this short clip i think sums it up pretty well. the narration is from his diary. that's written in three or four different points of view.

Originally Posted by Kentpaul:

Jimmy Boyle a sense of freedom.

Originally Posted by chaostrophy:

Originally Posted by daviyoung:

I got it:

24 Hour Party People.

An unpretentious film about a completely pretentious twat. You'll love it, trust me.

Nice suggestions, thank you.

And as for 24hr Party People, one of my favorite movies. Funny how I forget it's a biopic. I love the jokes about Viny Reilly in too.