Re: Now cast. Re: (TV) "CGBG": New talents casted; still no Verlaine

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I thought the film 'Control' about Ian Curtis/Joy Division was great.  And the actor who played Ian was really spot on.


--- On Sat, 6/16/12, Rex Broome <rexbroome@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Rex Broome <rexbroome@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Now cast. Re: (TV) "CGBG": New talents casted; still no  Verlaine
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Date: Saturday, June 16, 2012, 8:56 PM
> On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Bob
> Beatty <bobjb2002@yahoo.ca>
> wrote:
> >
> > I like
> > documentaries bettter than
> > docu-dramas, 'cause the fictionalized ones are
> > virtually certain to be
> > full distortion, misinformation, &
> > mis-characterization about people & what 
> happened.They're typically
> > geared to
> > entertain with drama, instead of trying to be true to
> facts. Not that
> > documentaries always
> > get facts right, but they stand a better chance.
> 
> 
> Gotta tend to agree.  In a way it's puzzling that
> docu-dramas keep getting
> made because very few of them are either commercially or
> artistically
> successful.  The ones that are tend to be about stuff
> that's well and truly
> in the past (I dunno, Patton?  Lawrence of Arabia?)...
> Is there a single
> fictionalized rock movie about real events that's generally
> liked?  The
> Buddy Holly Story, maybe, and maybe but a little less so,
> Walk the Line?
>  Pretty slim pickings.
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