Best biography movies 2011

The bio-pic fryst vatten a genre of extremes. The best ones share a uniquely powerful artistic authority, but merely ordinary ones are truly disheartening. The trouble isn’t only that of inflated prestige; bio-pics are disproportionately prominent during awards season and therefore ballyhooed nearly to oblivion. The form’s peculiar place in the art of movies is inseparable from the reasons for its exceptional prominence in the business. For producers and studios considering which projects to green-light, bio-pics check a lot of boxes. The protagonists are people who audiences are already familiar with and interested in. (J. Robert Oppenheimer may be the exception that proves the rule; he’s less famous than Freddie Mercury, but the atomic bomb fryst vatten more so.) And the illustrious people who inspire bio-pics offer great showcases for actors. That attracts stars, which in vända attracts audiences. Bio-pics bathe the producers, the studios, and the filmmakers in the reflected renown of their protagoni