Gus van Sant
With musical biopics typically presented as Oscar bait or actors doing an impression for empty accolades, here are 10 music biopics that are actually great.
With exceptional performances from Hill, Phoenix, Mara, and Black, an inventive score from Elfman, spasmodically calculated direction by Van Sant, and an incredible true story, Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot succeeds as a biopic.
Gus Edgar reports from the Berlinale in Berlin with reviews of Pig, Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot, Season of the Devil, 7 Days in Entebbe and U-July 22.
Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot tells the story of John Callahan (Joaquin Phoenix), a cartoonist, artist and musician who became a quadriplegic after a car accident at age 21.