Did You Have A Good Life When You Died? Enough To Base A Movie On?

[Reigh Kaufman]

I was talking to my friend Kirsty today about role-models; people we looked up to and/or admired. We shared the usual - you know, artists and musicians and writers and photographers (somebody really ought to make a movie about Kevin Carter - it's fucking Oscar gold) and directors and so on. And then she asked if I thought anything had happened in my life that I could make a movie out of (she works in theatre - currently on a play with Billy Boyd, so she knows her stuff - and we had been discussing a period of writers block I am going through). I said, nah, doubt it. But then - and no details will be divulged - she pointed out the good and bad things that happened to me and we formed the backbone of a semi-autobiographical screenplay for me to write. So I thought it would make a good dicussion for us; have any of you got a life story that is worth telling? Or even an aspect that could make an interesting 90 minute drama?

Discuss.

(Oh, and ten points for anyone who knew the thread title is from a film and what film it came from) :D

[RicochetShaw]

its from THE DOORS. But to answer the question... my life isn't movie-worthy.

[BakeTheMooCow]

That's from The Doors.. obviously... psssh

I'll get back to the topic later. I have to use the ten points I just got.

[RicochetShaw]

HaHa, beat ya Bake!

[Reigh Kaufman]

Right, I'm splitting the points. Five to Ric Shaw and five to Bake. Happy? Tsk - you kids will fight over anything.

[blankpage]

My life has been interesting at times, espically one part in my life, a part that I'd rather not discuss. But yeah, that part of my life would actually make a pretty interesting movie.

[jackson13]

My life went like this: Childhood, major surgery, drug addiction, high school graduation, year of shit work at a pathetic job, present. If anyone can make a movie outta that then be my guest, because my life is nothing, and no one would want to watch it.

[Scarface98.9]

If you take the concept of Scarface98.9, and the Cliff Notes version of my life, then an interesting movie can concieveably be made based on me. It's very downbeat, but that's what cult films are for

[moviefan80113]

thanks

[Grim H.]

Easy. All you gotta do is embellish the truth a little bit. Everyone has a few interesting/humorous/tragic things happen to them. I've been meaning to write down some of the conversations I have with friends. As for my life...no. At least not yet, anyway. I hope before I die I'll have lived a good and interesting life, perhaps one good enough for someone to do a biopic on...:D

[Bullet Tooth Tony]

My childhood would make an interesting and funny story.

Me and my mates had a great childhood. I might write a semi-autobiographical story myself from the ages of 8-18. Good times.

Great topic by the way Reigh

[quoth_the_raven]

i dont want to reveal huge tonnes of stuff about myself, but i do believe that my life story could be both depressing and uplifting. a bit of a two-tone movie really, but i can see it having a market ;)

[Voodoodoll]

I think my life could manage to fill a film. Give me a few more years and hopefully it'll make a better film ;)

[Corpse Candle]

At the moment ...hmmmmmmmmmm not sure I am only 24 I have pleanty to do yet give me a call when I turn 34 then maybe we can work out a movie deal...till then;)

[paul calf]

i probably would be able to do it ,but then again i dont think it would be the type of film i would want to see.

[Bronco]

I'm far too young for there to be a good movie based on me (yet). I do intend to lead an interesting life though, so maybe one day! :D

[JCR]

Well this is a nice happy topic!!

My life would make for a pretty boring movie. I was arrested for saying to a policeman "fuck off you fascist bastard" once when I was drunk (I'm a rebel! ;) ) but that's about it.

[charliebobo]

If you ever want to make a movie about how it is to have an anorexic girlfriend and an anorexic sister then I'm your man.

[Reigh Kaufman]

I think most of us have a good story somewhere. There's 10,000 of us; some of us must be artists, writers, etc. Greb - you must have quite a story to tell? It'd be X rated (leave the stuff about Quoth on the cutting room floor), but the army stuff and then your last decade would make a perfect little movie about triumph? James Logan? I know you are still a young 'un but there has to be something about your time in Paris? I know for a fact that my pal Morgana may have a great life story (thinking about the time from Eastern Europe). I don't want specifics, just an honest analysis of your life and would it be a viable movie.

My own story would be worthy of, maybe not a biopic, but elements are in there; glamour, sex, drugs, rock, roll, illness, abuse, glory. I have loved my life and think some of it could be filmic in a Tobias Wolf type-movie (as in, well, not an AWFUL lot happened, but certain parts are good enough to warrant a look).

Lady Version already has a movie out called 'What The Fook Are Y'All Talking About I Can't Understand A Word Any Of You Are Saying'. It's a trilogy, apparently.

[Grebdron]

I honestly think my life would make an interesting film. And if you want to ghostwrite, you're welcome to it, Reigh.

Sex, drugs, white-trash phase, lies, deceit, theft, recovery, bi-racial family, gay siblings...etc. ad infinitum.

I've got stories.;)

[SLAW]

My life as a movie? Hmmmm...Yes, but only if I'm found out.

[ColinM]

Unless you'd like to see a movie about a geeky kid who has geeky friends, did well in school, and watches movies way too much, then nah, my life probably isn't very movie-worthy. :D

There are moments in my life that maybe could work as a series of short films, though...

[Dumb-Fokker-**]

My life would make a damn entertaining movie, and I don't care how arrogant I sound saying it. I'm only 18, but I reckin' that I've done enough shit to make a feature-length film.

[Annie Hall]

There have been certain trauma's in my life (which I won't get into) that would make a VERY interesting book, and a possibly interesting movie. I don't think my life as a whole is incredibly fascinating, but various bits have been quite original. Sewn together in a different fashion, my life may just be...a good film :cool:

[movies35]

Heh, my life sucks. But it could be movie worthy :eek:

[XCoRyX]

no bragging intended,but yes,my life could make for a damn good flick if you asked me,have tried working on it many a times actually.

[Jasonite]

How the fuck do I know, I'm not dead yet!


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[arto_j]

David Lynch would have an orgasm after one look at my grand home town, population 3500. Weirdness galore.

My life as a film? There's maybe barely one third worth a film here, unless of course it's one of those artsy flicks where nothing really happens. Because that's what my life is all about, nothing, school, nothing, get drunk, nothing, school, drunk, repeat. That's a bit over simplified, perhaps. I've yet to embark my grand journey of adventure and self discovery which would form some more exciting narrative for the flick.

Naturally, there's a huge market for a film about a guy as talented and good looking as I am, so it'd make huge bucks regardless of how strong the story is. Simple as that.

But if that doesn't excite people enough, maybe I could join Colin's flick and make it a buddy-geek comedy.

[flowrchild]

My life would make a better soap opera than a movie

[Damned Martian]

DAvid Lynch could make a good movie about me by entering in my mind. outside there, there's nothing much interesting to tell. But if a movie like Boys and Girls can exist, why couldn't my life?

[Morgana]

I think my love life life in particular would make a very entertaining movie. It's just been one colorful disaster after another, it has the makings of a Shakespearean tragicomedy. :)

Reigh, my life in Eastern Europe will have to be a whole separate movie. ;)

[BakeTheMooCow]

My life thus far has been very ordinary (homelessness, child abuse yada yada)

But in a few weeks, I'll be moving to a new country and starting over completely.. so if the filming started right now, it'd make a great fish-out-of-water/coming-of-age story as I learn life's lessons and find my place in the world. *sniff*

[syxxpac]

My life sucked and still currently sucks.

Hmmm...maybe if I got John Woo to direct it and come up with some fictional reasons for me to be wielding two Berettas while blowing away drug dealers, then it has the potential to be the least bit interesting...

[ofmknockoff]

I'm only 15 so I haven't done very much with my life as of yet. There are some interesting stories but I think they would fit into a book more than a movie. I plan on starting to carry a tape recorder around and taping conversations I have with my friends, such as "if you fell into a pool of jello, you would have to eat your way out or else you would suffocate" and other such genius.

A movei would mostly be about a kid that sits on his computer 12 hours a day and occasionally goes to a concert or a movie. Exciting stuff.

[Dignan]

My life, as a whole, has not been that interesting. I suppose one could say that I have enough inner turmoil and absolute rage pent up inside me(I get mad at nothing easily, WTF) might make an interesting enough movie, but the fact is in the big picture it is pretty cushy and I am thankful for that. I am almost glad it has not been interesting enough.

In a few years I'll be a strung out livng in a dumpster, writing my story on the back of a piece of cardboard with a broken crayon, so give me a call then. That will make a good movie.

I have a lust for life.... and cookies.:)

[the p&j experiance]

Sex, drugs, alcohol, depression, loss, dysfunctional family, highschool weirdo...I think it'd be pretty depressing (and I'm only 15).

This movie would really, REALLY be the saddest movie ever. Lets start on the first tragedy of my life.

1) Overdosing on acid at the age of four, how fun. Even though all of you are going to say "bullshit", I swear to God this is true. I found some acid laying around on the floor when I was four and took it. It was aged though, so it only put me in a coma for three days.
2) Brother tries to hang me with a dog leash
3) Brother attempts to kill himself many times over
4) Losing my father whom I barely knew
5) Losing my grandmother who was really like my mother
6) Learned that my mother was a junkie
7) Started using drugs
8) Basically, a highschool outcast who has a lot of outcasted friends
9) Kicked out of school for the rest of the year because one of my best friends brought a gun to school (didn't use it though) And someone told the principal that I had known
10) Evicted from my house that I've lived in for all of my life, lose all of my belongings including all of my father's stuff I got when he died
11) Mother gets arrested many times and is put on corrections, begins to drink constantly even though she is close to prison time

I really wouldn't want to watch a movie based on me.