If you like those connect-the-dot exercizes between an artist's work and fantasies about their personal lives, have at Becoming Jane. Even if you don't it's fun to gaze with thumping heart at McAvoy & Hathaway (whichever suits your preference... my heart beats for both of these rising stars). But a warning: if you, like me, feel that it's relatively demeaning for an artist's imagination to be explained away as pure biography you might have issues with the movie. It's the type that either turns you off or on at the concept stage.click to read my review of Becoming Jane
Real life is much more complicated than Stereotypical-Event-A-shaped-everything-about-_____'s life. This is but one of many reasons I have difficulty enjoying the biopic genre. So, yes, I'm biased. I don't like too much explanation --especially when it comes to the creative process. What happened to the magic and the mystery of art? I prefer to think of great creators as highly imaginative people rather than as autobiographers even if their themes, stories and art do spring from the deeply personal.
What's next... Becoming Alfred?"Becoming Alfred" is the chilling story of a portly director with a ghastly sense of humor. Unable to find true love with a series of nearly idential icy blondes, and plagued with agoraphia and vertigo after narrowly escaping a vicious freak bird attack and a fall from great heights, he holes up in his mother's rickety old home until his death. His last days with his stern mother were shrouded in mystery. Discover the great untold story that inspired his greatest and grisliest works!
Imagine your own Becoming... in the comments. Amuse us.
