Essays
The Anti-Biopic: On Refusing the Cradle-to-Grave Shape
The biopic is a genre with a default structure, and the default is almost always the problem. An argument for the biographical films that refuse the shape.
Lena Ashworth·18 Jan·5 min
2 pieces
The biopic is a genre with a default structure, and the default is almost always the problem. An argument for the biographical films that refuse the shape.
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