I would pick Waiting for the Man, Sweet Jane, Walk on the Wild Side and maybe Heroin and market it as a gritty NYC street culture/music time capsule about an important music icon (don't forget Velvet Underground too!) who battled his own inner demons. I would also show clips of Warhol, Nico, Iggy Pop etc as part of the previews. It would…
I would pick Waiting for the Man, Sweet Jane, Walk on the Wild Side and maybe Heroin and market it as a gritty NYC street culture/music time capsule about an important music icon (don't forget Velvet Underground too!) who battled his own inner demons. I would also show clips of Warhol, Nico, Iggy Pop etc as part of the previews. It would probably do as well as Queer did (similar target audience), depending if it gets cast as well as that one did). I would definitely see it. But then I also saw the Velvet Underground documentary and loved the Jim Carroll movie Basketball Diaries with Leo.
Or do it more highbrow and use the song Perfect Days and include clips of the 'Unholy Trinity' of him, Iggy and David Bowie and still throw in clips of Nico and add Patti Smith.
Actually- it shouldn't be a movie. A mini series would be more interesting and be able to capture more of his life, music, collaborations and artwork.
Ok, I wish I had the money to make that.
I went to see Better Man cause I have a movie pass and it got good reviews and I was curious about Robbie Williams. It was better than I thought it would be and the surreal aspect worked. And I enjoyed the ending at Royal Albert Hall (?) and that he loved his dad no matter what and sang with him. That was emotional.
I would pick Waiting for the Man, Sweet Jane, Walk on the Wild Side and maybe Heroin and market it as a gritty NYC street culture/music time capsule about an important music icon (don't forget Velvet Underground too!) who battled his own inner demons. I would also show clips of Warhol, Nico, Iggy Pop etc as part of the previews. It would probably do as well as Queer did (similar target audience), depending if it gets cast as well as that one did). I would definitely see it. But then I also saw the Velvet Underground documentary and loved the Jim Carroll movie Basketball Diaries with Leo.
Or do it more highbrow and use the song Perfect Days and include clips of the 'Unholy Trinity' of him, Iggy and David Bowie and still throw in clips of Nico and add Patti Smith.
Actually- it shouldn't be a movie. A mini series would be more interesting and be able to capture more of his life, music, collaborations and artwork.
Ok, I wish I had the money to make that.
I went to see Better Man cause I have a movie pass and it got good reviews and I was curious about Robbie Williams. It was better than I thought it would be and the surreal aspect worked. And I enjoyed the ending at Royal Albert Hall (?) and that he loved his dad no matter what and sang with him. That was emotional.