There seem to be remarkably few films about poets. I suppose there
are documentaries and TV cultural presentations, but I mean a biopic
feature film. The major one I can think of is Tom and Viv. There was
an obscure 1949 film called The Bad Lord Byron which I've never seen
but which isn't supposed to be very good and isn't available on DVD
anyway. Of course Byron and Shelley appear in the classic 1935 Bride
of Frankenstein, but only briefly.
I've often wondered why no one ever made a major film of Byron's life.
Talk about a movie that has everything! And the extensive letters
give a vivid picture of him which could translate effectively to the
screen. And when the action started to drag, you could always bring
on his dancing bear ...
Dylan Thomas might also be a good choice for a biopic, but I don't
know of one. Maybe Keats also ...
I've seen references to something called The Romantics, presented by
Peter Ackroyd, which portrays Byron, Shelley, etc., released in 2006.
It seems to be a British TV program, but I can't track down a DVD.
Does anyone know anything about it?
Oh, yeah, there's Shakespeare in Love, but that's not exactly a
biopic. Oh, and several film and TV versions of The Barretts of
Wimpole Street, which I guess counts.
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