View one of the movies listed below, or any other fictionalized film about the life

View one of the movies listed below, or any other fictionalized film about the life

The Extra Credit Concert Report should adhere to all of the required concert report guidelines EXCEPT: there’s only a 750 word minimum, and you only need to discuss four of the pieces/songs performed.

OPTION 2: MOVIE REVIEW

View one of the movies listed below, or any other fictionalized film about the life of a popular music musician or band (not a live concert, documentary, or satire). Write a 750 word minimum essay contextualizing the movie within the matrix of concepts, personalities, and music examined in this course. In general, think of this essay as a “critical analysis” in which you need to explain any personal opinions that you assert. Please address the following points:
• Give a brief (1 paragraph) biographical sketch of the principal character/musician.

• Socially and musically, how is the principal character portrayed?

• What historical phase of the development of popular music does the principal character belong to?

• How does the life and music of the principal character reflect the issues we’ve examined in relation to that historical phase?

• Describe the narrative of the film. How does the story unfold? – This is the core of you movie review.

POSSIBLE MOVIES:

• Young Man with a Horn (about Bix Beiderbeck) 1949
• The Glen Miller Story (1953)
• The Benny Goodman Story (1955)
• St. Louis Blues (about WC Handy) 1958
• The Five Pennies (about Red Nichols) 1959
• Lady Sings the Blues (about Billie Holliday) 1972
• Bound for Glory (about Woodie Guthrie) 1976
• The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
• Coal Miner’s Daughter (about Loretta Lynn) 1980
• Round Midnight (about Dexter Gordon) 1986
• Sid & Nancy (about Sid Vicious) 1986
• La Bamba (about Ritchie Valens) 1987
• Bird (about Charlie Parker) 1988
• The Doors (about the California group) 1991
• The Mambo Kings (about the Castillo brothers) 1992
• What’s Love Got To Do With It (about Tina Turner) 1993
• Selena (about Selena Quintanilla-Perez) 1997
• The Temptations (4-hour TV miniseries) 1998
• Sweet and Lowdown (about Emmet Ray) 1999
• For Love or Country (about Arturo Sandoval) 2001
• Standing in the Shadows of Motown (the Funk Brothers) 2002
• Ray (about Ray Charles) 2004
• De-lovely (about Cole Porter) 2004
• Beyond the Sea (about Bobby Darrin) 2004
• Walk the Line (about Johnny Cash) 2005
• El Cantate (about Hector Lavoe) 2007
• I’m Not There (about Bob Dylan) 2007
• Cadillac Records (about Chess Records) 2008
• Nowhere Boy (about John Lennon’s youth) 2009
• Get On Up (about James Brown) 2014
• Bolden! (about Buddy Bolden) 2015
• Miles Ahead (about Miles Davis) 2015
• Straight Outta Compton (about NWA) 2015
• Born to be Blue (about Chet Baker) 2016
• Bohemian Rhapsody (about Queen) 2018
• The Dirt (about Motley Crue) 2019