"Two recent films about fabled rock stars, however, smartly chose to deviate from the norm and zoom in on very specific parts of their protagonists' lives, warts and all. Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere focused on the somewhat tortured creation of the Boss's 1982 album, Nebraska, while last year's A Complete Unknown followed Bob Dylan during his early folk years until he dared to - gasp - go electric in 1965."
"So that got us thinking: What should the next time-stamped music biopic be about, even if it's a month or a year in the life of a particular legend? To learn more and to give Hollywood something to chew on, we've gathered eight biographers of legacy artists who are overdue for the cinematic spotlight and asked them to pitch what they think is their most compelling period to be adapted into a script."
Biopics that span an entire musician's life frequently become slogging or sanitized to appease estates. Two recent films instead concentrated on discrete, formative periods: Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere centers on the tortured creation of Nebraska, and A Complete Unknown follows Bob Dylan through his early folk years up to his electric turn in 1965. A Complete Unknown earned a major acting nomination, and both films drew critical praise for their unique angles, though Dylan's film currently outperforms Springsteen's at the box office. Eight biographers pitched time-stamped biopic ideas for overlooked legacy artists.
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