What are your favorite bands? the ones you put on when you're having a bad day or at a party or to just feel something? Music has the power to change your life and your world, and when paired with movies, I think you're cooking with two forms of art that have shaped humanity over the last hundred years. Today, I want to take you through some movies about legendary bands, both real and fake, to brighten up your day and bring you back to the power of music. Let's dive in. 1. Almost FamousDirector: Cameron CroweWriter: Cameron CroweCast: Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand One of my favorite movies of all time, I don't care that the band isn't real. The journey is so beautiful and sweet that I think it's important everyone watches this movie. It has so much to say about life and love and parents and music that it would be impossible to cover it all here. 2. Straight Outta ComptonDirector: F. Gary GrayWriters: Jonathan Herman, Andrea BerloffCast: O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason MitchellThis is a band movie that's really a political film. It's about fighting censorship and oppression, and expressing yourself without being silenced. I love the characters in this movie and the cinematography was next level. 3. The DoorsDirector: Oliver StoneWriters: Oliver Stone, Randall JahnsonCast: Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan I remember smoking weed and watching this Oliver Stone movie on Saturday nights in college as part of a pregame...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 1 April