Biographical Films about Musicians

[Wes]

I thought this might be a fun category.

We can start with the Freddy Mercury biopic; "Billie" (about Lady Day) and Ken Burns "Jazz"

 

[Semla]

Bird - Clint Eastwood on Charlie Parker

 

[Robin L]

 

[BinkieHuckerback]

Amadeus

 

[Semla]

Chasin Trane - documentary on John Coltrane, with Denzel Washington.

 

[Semla]

Tous les matins du monde?

 

[Robin L]

Tous les matins du monde?

Nothing else quite like it.

 

[Semla]

Control - Ian Curtis

 

[Semla]

The Doors

 

[Robin L]

Absolutely brilliant:

 

[BinkieHuckerback]

Absolutely brilliant:

An underrated film.

 

[Robin L]

Perhaps the greatest of them all, Dirk, Nasty, Stig and Barry, the Pre-Fab Four, the fabulous RUTLES!!!

 

[BinkieHuckerback]

Spinal Tap

 

[Robin L]

What really went down:

 

[Soniclife]

Walk the line

 

[dougi]

Charles Bradley: Soul of America.

 

[Robin L]

Walk the line

 

[Robin L]

 

[BinkieHuckerback]

...he's not real...

 

[Robin L]

...he's not real...

They couldn't afford Dave van Ronk.