tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17108773.post8109718845806793408..comments2023-12-11T06:18:29.760+00:00Comments on inuit panda scarlet carwash: [Film] "Frank"ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09958839106380353855noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17108773.post-34111874010146830392014-09-14T18:04:12.722+01:002014-09-14T18:04:12.722+01:00As far as I know there is only one Stephen Rennick...As far as I know there is only one Stephen Rennicks; apologies if I implied otherwise.ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09958839106380353855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17108773.post-56190620534019421342014-09-14T18:02:55.496+01:002014-09-14T18:02:55.496+01:00On the Jon not-Ronson thing as driving the film no...On the Jon not-Ronson thing as driving the film not being about real life Frank Sidebottom - I'm not sure I buy this argument. The Jon not-Ronson character is obviously reminiscent of Jon Ronson. But he is different in certain key ways. At least on the basis of the book "Frank", Ronson seems to have ended up in the Sidebottom band almost by accident and had no real aspirations to pursue the life of a musician, while the film's not-Ronson is always trying to write songs. I get the sense that Ronson was more marginal to the career trajectory of Mr Sidebottom than not-Ronson was to that of Frank. <br /><br />Writing that makes me think that I am ending up agreeing with the point of these un-named critics... you could argue that in the film, not-Ronson's part is bigger because Ronson is re-writing his life to make himself more important.ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09958839106380353855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17108773.post-36518392494314778152014-09-14T17:58:24.175+01:002014-09-14T17:58:24.175+01:00On the head - it is similar to Frank Sidebottom...On the head - it is similar to Frank Sidebottom's head, but it is not the same. There is a discussion on Freaky Trigger on this important point: <a href="http://freakytrigger.co.uk/see/2013/01/lets-be-frank/" rel="nofollow">Let's Be Frank</a>ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09958839106380353855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17108773.post-54987548307805297812014-09-14T13:31:47.422+01:002014-09-14T13:31:47.422+01:00Thank you for this review!
The makers' case w...Thank you for this review!<br /><br />The makers' case would be made a little more difficult by the fact that it's not _a_ papier mache head, it is specifically Frank Sidebottom's papier mache head.<br /><br />One criticism I have heard of the film (which I am still kicking myself for missing) is that the reason it is definitely not about Frank Sidebottom is that tying it to a figure with an actual cultural presence would distract from the fascinating inner life of Jon not-Ronson. Would you say this is fair, or vile slander?<br /><br />Also I didn't realise there were two Stephen Rennickses in the Irish music scene - only so many names to go around, I suppose.Andrew Farrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02694136920496154701noreply@blogger.com