I have been reading up a storm, but thought it would be a good idea to see this film - had heard a good review from Rene - my movie buff extraordinaire - and even the New Yorker had lots of good to say about it!
It was at the Laemmle - so off we went with all the other senior citizens who frequent the 4:20 p.m. showing on a Friday afternoon!!
A good movie!! The music was central to the story, but not in the way you would think. Rather the emphasis was on the way Brian Wilson composed music - the powers that drove him - the voices he heard in his head.
It's also a very enlightening film about mental illness. And the unscrupulousness of some caretakers!!
It's told as parallel stories - the young Brian in the 60's and the middle-aged Brian in the 80's. It's a device that works too.
Even if you weren't a Beach Boys fan ever, you would enjoy this movie.
And maybe you will become a Beach Boys fan (I've always been one!!)
1 comment:
I'd love to see this!
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