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Old 02-18-2015, 05:06 AM   #1 (permalink)
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There are tons of movies about musicians, real and fictional, but they mostly deal with the musicians themselves and how the music impacts their life and relationships.
Are there movies where it's mostly about the music, with a lot being about musical history, technique, theory and so on?
Obviously this kind of storytelling might be rather boring for non-musicians, but maybe someone tried nonetheless.
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Old 02-18-2015, 05:48 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I remember Almost Famous being good.. but I haven't seen it in like 14 years.
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Neither of those really fit the OP's criteria - although they are both great IMO.

Most fictional movies about musicians/music pretty much have to include some human drama in order to grab a wide audience.
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Sun Ra's Space Is the Place is pretty awesome. There's also The Sound of Noise which is one of my favorites. It's about musical terrorists performing a piece called 'Music for Six Drummers and a City' (I think) while a tone deaf police officer tries to crack the case and catch them.

I also saw this hilarious satire called (Untitled) about an avant-garde composer. It makes fun of the art world while still maintaining a respectful distance.
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Yep, this is a tough one. Thanks for pointing out my mistake.
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I remember Almost Famous being good.. but I haven't seen it in like 14 years.
Not necessarily what I've been looking for, but seems to be a cool movie and I haven't seen it yet. Thanks!


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Sun Ra's Space Is the Place is pretty awesome. There's also The Sound of Noise which is one of my favorites. It's about musical terrorists performing a piece called 'Music for Six Drummers and a City' (I think) while a tone deaf police officer tries to crack the case and catch them.

I also saw this hilarious satire called (Untitled) about an avant-garde composer. It makes fun of the art world while still maintaining a respectful distance.
Thanks!
Never heard about (Untitled) and the Sun Ra movie. Will have to check them out.
The Sound Of Noise is indeed a very cool movie, although the third act was somewhat lacking.
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Cameron Crowe's love story to the 70s when he was covering bands for a local rag and ultimately Rolling Stone. He's said that the band in the movie, Stillwater, is equal parts Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, and The Allman Brothers - three of the acts he toured with.
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Whiplash.

EDIT: I guess it's primarily about the musician's lives. But I think the movie says a lot about jazz discipline and competition as a whole.
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Whiplash.

EDIT: I guess it's primarily about the musician's lives. But I think the movie says a lot about jazz discipline and competition as a whole.
I actually watched it yesterday and it gave me the idea for this thread.
While it was a beautifully filmed and very well acted movie, I found the appliance of sports/army tropes to music and especially jazz pretty ridiculous at times.

Would have also loved if there had been more about rhythm and meter, more real drum exercises and something about actually playing together as a band, an aspect that was totally missing. But then it wouldn't have been as popular...
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