Biopic and Beyond

"Biopics and movies based on real events are joining adaptations and blockbuster franchises at the multiplex as stories with a built-in audience who know what to expect. Movies and television shows that depict real people purport to tell us the real story, everything we know and do not know about a public figure packaged into one coherent narrative. But how do they do it? The Biopic and Beyond uncovers the process that turns the distant public figures that populate news and entertainment into screen characters that we can engage with and try to understand a little better. Even though they…