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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Mar 23, 2023 10:02:24 GMT
If we're counting Goodfellas, then The Irishman has to be up there too (I actually love it even more). You could say that Scorsese is sort of the king of biopics, though we don't really think of him in that way.
Another one not mentioned yet that we might not really think of as a biopic either, but is still great - Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Seems like a lot of the best biopics are films we wouldn't necessarily categorize in that way, even though they technically are that, or at least it's not the first thing we'd think of when describing them.
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Post by cherry68 on Mar 23, 2023 14:39:10 GMT
Not seen, but I guess it's less boring than the DDL movie... |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2023 14:44:29 GMT
Seems like a lot of the best biopics are films we wouldn't necessarily categorize in that way, even though they technically are that, or at least it's not the first thing we'd think of when describing them.  |
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Post by Martin Stett on Mar 23, 2023 17:03:13 GMT
Todd Haynes' I'm Not There (Bob Dylan) and Mickey Reece's Alien (Elvis Presley) come to mind as standouts in a unique way.
Both use the biopic format to study the legend and what the man represents instead of making simple A-to-B overviews of the man's life. They're biopics in the loosest sense, but their less literal nature allows the filmmakers to explore the personalities of their subject and what their subjects mean to their fans (and enemies, for that matter) in a much more dynamic way.
There are other, conventional biopics that are also quite good, but I think nobody will ever be able to top what Haynes pulled off until they understand how his approach gave us a more powerful, deeper portrait than any standard biographical narrative could ever dream of achieving.
Edit: As was mentioned above, The Social Network is also a great film (better than the two I mentioned) that is also handling things in a pretty unique manner, in painting Zuckerberg as a villain and like Haynes and Reece, looking at the effects of Facebook on human history and culture. "We lived on farms, and then we lived in cities, and now we'll live on the internet." (Or however that quote goes.) The movie isn't focused on Mark as a man, so much as what his company represents and what it means to humanity going forward.
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Post by Pasquale on Mar 23, 2023 18:15:21 GMT
If we're counting Goodfellas, then The Irishman has to be up there too (I actually love it even more). You could say that Scorsese is sort of the king of biopics, though we don't really think of him in that way. Rewatching The Wolf of Wall Street recently, the depiction of a rich man's relationship with drugs, was kind of disturbing to see! |
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Post by hugobolso on Mar 23, 2023 18:15:50 GMT
Great Question without any appropiate answer.-
For example I love the Favorite I consider a great biopic, because explain what happened during the Good Queen Anne Reign. Is chronological accurate: 100% Not. It's an exagerated operistic drama of women power. But in their surreaslism is more accurate than most of biopics.-
Also I love Gandhi that's totally the opposite, they tried to be the most accurate as possible for a movie made in the 1980s.-
From the late 60s to the early 2010s miniseries were the perfect medium to show accurate and still interesting biopics. Unfortunately now they are horrible. The source material is weak, and the casting distracts even more. I hate now a days miniseries.-
I prefer titles like I, Claudius (1976), Napoleon and Love (1974) or Les Rois Maudits (1972) or Isabel (2012-14) than todays miniwokeseries.- Neither of them were 100% accurate, not even were expensive, but they had a great script, and usually a great literary source.- |
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Post by cherry68 on Mar 23, 2023 22:52:35 GMT
Not seen, but I guess it's less boring than the DDL movie... Somehow it isn't... Unbelievable. |
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Post by michael128 on Mar 24, 2023 2:04:32 GMT
Patton
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Post by ingmarhepburn on Mar 24, 2023 11:56:36 GMT
I second the Frida and Control mentions (I campaigned for Control in the AMARAs 2007, but no one listened to me). Others that I like a lot and that I don't think have been mentiond yet are:
The Elephant Man
The Lion in Winter
Erin Brockovich
An Angel at My Table
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Dallas Buyers Club
Bonnie and Clyde
American Splendor
The Pianist
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