Comments on: Four Songs I’d Like to See as Movies

By: oldnumberseven

oldnumberseven — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:43:45 +0000

‘A Pair of Brown Eyes’ by The Pogues

The song may be equally unfair to pick as your Drive by Truckers selection, but it is a hell of a song.

Films to study: Galipoli, and Regeneration.

By: Dana Jae

Dana Jae — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:24:33 +0000

Hey there!

Well, you just nailed what we’ve got going already, albeit a little bit different than this.

At Films On 45, we write short, made-for-Internet films that are inspired by the characters in old rock & pop songs. For example:
Where is Roxanne twenty years after she stopped putting out the red light?
(our film: “Moore, Rose” - the song “Roxanne” by Sting)
or
What was Julio’s son doing down by the schoolyard and why is he on a bus heading south?
(our film: “Head South” - the song “Me & Julio Down By The Schoolyard” by Paul Simon)

In pre-production planning and ready to shoot next: “Elle - Light & Dark”
(inspired by the song “Lola” by Ray Davies)
and
“The Major” (inspired by the song “Space Oddity” by David Bowie)

If you would be interested to co-write a screenplay for the songs you name herein - perhaps my group can develop something with you.

Great Blog here. I was happy to see some like-minded folks about song lyrics and adaptation.

Dana Jae

By: cdog

cdog — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 19:49:31 +0000

I’m thinking “Sultans of Swing” would make a good Alan Parker movie.
I’d assign Yo La Tengo’s “Drug Test” to Richard Linklater.
How about giving the Fall’s “Marquis Cha-Cha” to George Clooney.
I’m a ska guy, so I’m rummaging the ol’ mental attic for a two-tone tune that’s make a movie go … maybe let a Boston guy like Affleck take a turn at the Bosstones’ “The Rascal King.” Or …. how about another Sayles baseball movie? The Dropkick Murphys’ “Tessie”?

By: Benaiah

Benaiah — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:35:24 +0000

Ha. A friend and I have discussed making Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts into a movie a million times. There are some really dark themes in the song, Lily’s age difference with Big Jim and past romance with the Jack of Hearts, Rosemary hanging for the murder of Big Jim (a murder that perhaps she didn’t commit), the judge and justice on the scene but drunk when the murder happened, the idea that perhaps no one would care that Big Jim was killed, except the Jack also robbed the bank and finally the Jack as an agent of death and destruction, and the protagonist of the entire sorted affair. That is a long, poorly written sentence, but suffice to say I have thought a lot about this movie. Supposedly the there have been two drafts but they both sounded like they missed the point.

By: Eric J

Eric J — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:49:39 +0000

Lilly, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts was the first one I thought of.
Senor, by Dylan would make a great gritty spy thriller, set in Central America in the ’80s.
Thunder Road seems to me to be another obvious Springsteen movie.

By: Reuben

Reuben — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:34:58 +0000

I recently asked a similar question of an applicant in a music community I’m in, and her answer was terrible. This one is much better.