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The movie Frank is a fictionalized version of the character (written by Ronson), and there was a documentary about the guy as well: http://www.beingfrankmovie.c
by stevenwoo 8y ago
The movie Frank is a fictionalized version of the character (written by Ronson), and there was a documentary about the guy as well:
http://www.beingfrankmovie.com/info.html http://www.beingfrankmovie.com/info.html
I watched the movie and was shocked to learn the movie was based on a real life phenomena.
- Joeboy 8y agoI don't think the film has all that much to do with Frank Sidebottom, beyond the name and the head. It's more a take on more troubled outsider geniuses like Captain Beefheart and Daniel Johnston. As far as I can tell Chris Sievey was maybe quite eccentric and probably a bit frustrating, but Sidebottom was a piece of art he was doing and not an artifact of mental illness like the film's Frank.
- branchless 8y agoThe whole point of the film was that Frank was just talented, with no dark past. His protege assumed dark times were the only true source of talent. His protege was not talented.
- mcguire 8y agoI believe the documentary was the origin of this article.