I miei preferiti, visti al Cinema nel millennio in corso o giù di lì (in ordine sparso):
1. Sam Rockwell è Chuck Barris/autore di programmi TV in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
2. Johnny Depp è Sir James Matthew Barrie/scrittore in Finding Neverland (2004)
3. Johnny Depp è George Jung/narcotrafficante in Blow (2001)
4. Johnny Depp è Ed Wood/regista in Ed Wood (1994)
5. Leonardo DiCaprio è Howard Hughes/produttore-finanziere-regista-playboy in The Aviator (2004)
6. Leonardo DiCaprio è Frank Abagnale Jr./truffatore in Catch Me If You Can (2002)
7. Woody Harrelson è Larry Flynt/porno-editore in The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
8. Jim Carrey è Andy Kaufman/comico TV in Man on the Moon (1999)
9. Ian Mc Kellen è James Wahle/regista in Demoni e Dei (1997)
solo su artisti e scrittori:
Amadeus (1984)
Angel at My Table, An (1990) (Jane Frame: Poet)
Artemisia
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life (1997)
Barfly (1987) (Charles Bukowski: Poet)
Basketball Diaries, The (1995) (Jim Carroll: Poet)
Basquiat (1996) (Artist)
Brief History of Time, A (1992) (Stephen Hawking, Physicist)
Camille Claudel (1988) (Artist)
Carrington (1995) (Artist)
Chaplin (1992)
Crumb (1994) (R. Crumb: Cartoonist)
Ed Wood (1994) (B Movie Director)
Empire of the Sun (1987) (J.G. Ballard)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) (Hunter S. Thompson)
Frances (1982) (Frances Farmer, Actress)
Gods and Monsters
Heavenly Creatures (1994) (Anne Perry: Writer)
Henry & June (1990) (Henry Miller, Anais Nin, Authors)
I Shot Andy Warhol (1996) (Valerie Solanis: Writer)
Il Postino (1994) (Pablo Neruda: Poet)
Immortal Beloved
Inside the Third Reich (1982) (Albert Speer, Architect)
Isadora (1968) (Isadora Duncan: Actress)
Jefferson in Paris (1995)
King of the Hill (1993) (A.E. Hotchner: Writer)
Lenny (1974) (Lenny Bruce: Comedian/ Performance Artist)
Life and Works of Richard Wagner (1913) (Composer)
Lust for Life (1956) (Vincent Van Gogh: Artist)
Mahler (1974) (Composer)
Mountains of the Moon (1990) (Richard E. Burton, Author/ Explorer)
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) (Dorothy Parker, etc.)
My Left Foot (1989)
Naked Lunch (1991) (William S. Burroughs: Writer/ Poet)
Quiz Show (1994) (Poet Mark Van Doren's son)
Scandal
Shadowlands (1993) (C.S. Lewis: Writer/ Theologian)
Shine (1996)
Surviving Picasso (1996)
The 400 Blows (1959) (Francois Truffaut: Director)
The Bell Jar
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1993) (1993) (Inventor)
Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
This Boy's Life (1993) (Tobias Wolff: Writer/ Poet)
Tom & Viv (1994) (T.S. Eliot/ Writer)
Total Eclipse (1995) (Rimbaud, Poet)
Un grand amour de Beethoven (1936) (Composer)
Vincent & Theo (1990) (Vincent Van Gogh: Artist)
Vincent (1987) (Artist)
Wilde (1997) (Author, Playwright Oscar Wilde)
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1. Sam Rockwell è Chuck Barris/autore di programmi TV in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
2. Johnny Depp è Sir James Matthew Barrie/scrittore in Finding Neverland (2004)
3. Johnny Depp è George Jung/narcotrafficante in Blow (2001)
4. Johnny Depp è Ed Wood/regista in Ed Wood (1994)
5. Leonardo DiCaprio è Howard Hughes/produttore-finanziere-regista-playboy in The Aviator (2004)
6. Leonardo DiCaprio è Frank Abagnale Jr./truffatore in Catch Me If You Can (2002)
7. Woody Harrelson è Larry Flynt/porno-editore in The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
8. Jim Carrey è Andy Kaufman/comico TV in Man on the Moon (1999)
9. Ian Mc Kellen è James Wahle/regista in Demoni e Dei (1997)
solo su artisti e scrittori:
Amadeus (1984)
Angel at My Table, An (1990) (Jane Frame: Poet)
Artemisia
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life (1997)
Barfly (1987) (Charles Bukowski: Poet)
Basketball Diaries, The (1995) (Jim Carroll: Poet)
Basquiat (1996) (Artist)
Brief History of Time, A (1992) (Stephen Hawking, Physicist)
Camille Claudel (1988) (Artist)
Carrington (1995) (Artist)
Chaplin (1992)
Crumb (1994) (R. Crumb: Cartoonist)
Ed Wood (1994) (B Movie Director)
Empire of the Sun (1987) (J.G. Ballard)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) (Hunter S. Thompson)
Frances (1982) (Frances Farmer, Actress)
Gods and Monsters
Heavenly Creatures (1994) (Anne Perry: Writer)
Henry & June (1990) (Henry Miller, Anais Nin, Authors)
I Shot Andy Warhol (1996) (Valerie Solanis: Writer)
Il Postino (1994) (Pablo Neruda: Poet)
Immortal Beloved
Inside the Third Reich (1982) (Albert Speer, Architect)
Isadora (1968) (Isadora Duncan: Actress)
Jefferson in Paris (1995)
King of the Hill (1993) (A.E. Hotchner: Writer)
Lenny (1974) (Lenny Bruce: Comedian/ Performance Artist)
Life and Works of Richard Wagner (1913) (Composer)
Lust for Life (1956) (Vincent Van Gogh: Artist)
Mahler (1974) (Composer)
Mountains of the Moon (1990) (Richard E. Burton, Author/ Explorer)
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) (Dorothy Parker, etc.)
My Left Foot (1989)
Naked Lunch (1991) (William S. Burroughs: Writer/ Poet)
Quiz Show (1994) (Poet Mark Van Doren's son)
Scandal
Shadowlands (1993) (C.S. Lewis: Writer/ Theologian)
Shine (1996)
Surviving Picasso (1996)
The 400 Blows (1959) (Francois Truffaut: Director)
The Bell Jar
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1993) (1993) (Inventor)
Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
This Boy's Life (1993) (Tobias Wolff: Writer/ Poet)
Tom & Viv (1994) (T.S. Eliot/ Writer)
Total Eclipse (1995) (Rimbaud, Poet)
Un grand amour de Beethoven (1936) (Composer)
Vincent & Theo (1990) (Vincent Van Gogh: Artist)
Vincent (1987) (Artist)
Wilde (1997) (Author, Playwright Oscar Wilde)
Basta mettere Biographical Movies su Google, qui questa pagina.
http://www.zuzu.com/artbio.htm