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

[Ty Burr <tyburr@comcast.net>]

I'll stick up for Todd Haynes' "I'm Not There," his meditation on Dylan. True to the through-line and meaning of the singer's career while playing intentionally fast and loose with the facts. But that movie's the exception rather than the rule.

On Jun 17, 2012, at 10:36 AM, postitnote wrote:

> 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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