The Curious Case of Hollywood Repeating Itself


So glad this exists.  I walked out of the theater after seeing Benjamin Button feeling like it was all too familiar.  Glad I’m not the only one who saw the Gumpian parallels. [via Boingboing]

The Curious Case of Forrest Gump

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh3fdylgU2w[/youtube]

Also of note is Time Out’s rundown of the popular musician biopic formula sweeping Hollywood, most recently with Notorious.

http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/film/70658/life-after-death

If only formulas weren’t so profitable, huh?


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