By: Andre Seewood

Andre Seewood — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:43:15 +0000

Finally, someone with the guts, integrity and the acting ability to try and do something different with the story of an iconic musician. God bless Don Cheadle. I pray he gets that film made. It would be great to once again have to option (the choice I dare say) to go see either George Tillman Jr's "pedestrian" by-the-numbers bio-pic (Notorious was awful) or Cheadle's daring approach: that would be fantastic. But alas, I fear it is but a dream. Neither studio would want to "split" the African-American audience in fear of losing precious first and second weekend box-office. Although a film on Miles Davis "in theory" should have an international market appeal (where ever jazz has been played in the world)- and Cheadle should definitely look for some type of international co-financing for this project. Miles did the score for a French film Louis Malle's Elevator to the Gallows, so I'd start there in France. I can foresee that there might be some controversy surrounding his approach to Miles Davis, but somebody, somewhere has to shake things up a bit in African-American cinema; without the risks there aren't going to be any rewards.

By: Pike

Pike — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:43:15 +0000

Sounds pretty wild and cool. And when it comes to biopics, especially those of legendary musicians, that's what I like. I can't watch regular biopics anymore since having seen ''I'm Not There''. Honestly, which of the two most accurately captures the spirit and the energy of the career of their respective subjects; Walk the Line or I'm Not There? I'm all for ''cubist'' or ''abstract'' or whatever name they want to put on it, as long as it's not another ''cradle to the grave'' story! I Hope this gets made.

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