>Curiously (perhaps with the exception of Ali which I >haven't seen)these all seem to me to be deviant >biopics, as if they were not simply good as >well as being biopics, but because they weren't quite >proper biopics. Yes - I was thinking the same thing--especially with regard to biopics which attain to the level of masterpieces: _Andrei Rublyev_ , _Raging Bull_ , _Mishima_ , etc... Not quite related to that point, but apropos notable biopics in general --I forgot to mention Karel Reisz's _Isidora_ ... Greg Little __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com