biopic
આત્મકથારૂપ ફિલ્મ
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noun
In the traditional gendered hierarchy of film genres, crime thrillers, biopics , historical dramas and gangster films are more prestigious than teen film, romantic comedy, contemporary melodrama and broad comedy.
a biographical movie.
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She is well qualified for the role, having already starred in the ABC-TV 'biopic' The Audrey Hepburn Story.
The 'biopic' is the actor's opportunity to shine - to blend with his character, melt into the role.
Fact and fiction are welded so that the genre of the 'biopic' has no meaning in the canons of joined-up cinema.
These two have been working together since they were college roommates at USC Film School, and they really wanted to make an over the top comedy after doing 'biopics' .
This is a common trick of 'biopics' or fictionalisations of actual events in order to give the audience a little insight in what happened to the real people on display after events depicted in the film end.
In the traditional gendered hierarchy of film genres, crime thrillers, 'biopics' , historical dramas and gangster films are more prestigious than teen film, romantic comedy, contemporary melodrama and broad comedy.
Most political 'biopics' depict the personal life of the main figure while flattening out the historical details in order to make them more understandable, or palatable.
The lives of the great and gifted have always been fair game for movie 'biopics' .
It's the sort of bell-curve narrative that's become all too common in Hollywood 'biopics' .
But with the frenzy of sequels, prequels, remakes and 'biopics' being shovelled out by Hollywood, it comes as no surprise that relying on an existing popular story is the path of least resistance.
I'm sure that Universal wanted to protect some of their investment in the film; lighthearted comedies are more marketable than trashy, weepy 'biopics' .
Although it is quite common in film 'biopics' for characters to be played by more then one actor, it is extremely rare for them to change sex or race.
Character building 'biopics' have a formula, which has Made In Hollywood stamped all over them.
In the film's defense, I will say that most 'biopics' stretch facts to maximize dramatic impact.
Historical accuracy was never a stock in trade of the biographical films - 'biopics' - produced by the American and British film industries.
Ross doesn't resort to the dumbing-down tactics favored by Hollywood in 'biopics' .
As so often is the case in musical 'biopics' , the available historical facts are subsumed by the narrative exigencies of the genre.
I hate the montage approach many 'biopics' take, and boy, do they use it to no end here.
The scope of their tales defies reasonable dramatic rhythms, so 'biopics' all too often achieve the dubious and counter-intuitive effect of being simultaneously too long and too brief.
There is a delightful comedy in the Oscar mix and three period 'biopics' that reach for triumph in the face of adversity.
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