Posted
1/03/2006 06:27:00 PM
by Douglas
Interesting post over at
Althouse about the flood of "oscar-worthy" biopic movies. She asks the same question I have . . . why?
Why can't we just see actual footage of Ray Charles? It's disconcerting to imitate his mannerisms. Since there's plenty of film of the man, why not make a documentary? Is this acting stunt worth doing? I seriously do not understand why they make so many biopics, especially of people there's plenty of film of, especially when they are singers and we've got innumerable filmed recordings of their concert performances.
I'd much rather watch Ray Charles or Johnny Cash than I'd want to see someone pretending to be them. Is Hollywood that bereft of ideas? Oh yeah, they are.