Elliott movie?

[moonshine]

Any word on whether or not a movie (doc. or otherwise) is in the works? How do others feel about such a thing?

[ferdinandgal]

i think it could be great
Elliott is sooooo underated!!!!

[solveig]

http://www.blamonet.com/vb/showthread.php?t=131811

[Shrox]

A Documentary type thing with clips of Elliott and people who knew him would be great I guess. I just don't really think he's the right person to have a full script movie written about him. I wouldnt want a movie made about my life to be honest

[solveig]

what a nightmare

[solveig]

"Two years after the death of Elliott Smith, independent film director Gil Reyes is finishing his documentary on the Lincoln alum. Working only six minutes from the house where Smith had allegedly committed suicide, Reyes, a local television reporter for the Los Angeles news station KCBD, has spent nearly four months traveling across the nation to delve into the life of what Rolling Stone calls “the patron saint of indie rock.”
Reyes’ filming in Portland, early in December, brought him to the location of Smith’s teenage years with his father, after severing the relationship between his mother and the life he had in Texas. Residing friends, fans, and past band members of Smith were interviewed while Reyes was in Portland.
Ending his four years at Lincoln with the Class of 1987 as a National Merit Scholar, Smith attended Hampshire College in Massachusetts following graduation. There he majored in philosophy and political science before returning to Portland to form the band Heatmiser.
At Lincoln Reyes filmed current staff that had taught Smith.
"I wanted to get a sense of Lincoln High School and what the school was like; sort of get a feel for it and get it captured on video,” Reyes said. Civics teacher David Bailey, who was interviewed, said Smith was “one of those rare, bright individuals who teachers loved to have. He had a deep concern for others, as well as a passion for life.”
(...)
Reyes has veered away from Smith’s death in his documentary, saying he “didn’t want to deal with that part of his life”. He has gathered accounts from Smith’s life in Portland to his last years when he resided in Los Angeles.
Smith’s struggles with depression, drug addiction, and alcoholism prior to his death allowed for parallels to be drawn between his problems and his reported suicide. Yet since the LA County coroner’s report of his death was released that December, controversy has arisen as to whether he could have been murdered.
No accusations have been made, but investigations are still in progress. Reyes feels the authorities “jumped the gun in calling his death a suicide,” which led the press to “come down on the fact that he was depressed.” Reyes’ documentary looks upon Smith in a different light, encompassing the entirety of his career in music, not simply his death.
Reyes is unsure of when the documentary will be released, hoping there will be a conclusion to his death. “And at that point,” he said, “we can hear the story.”
Looking back into why he began the documentary in February, 2005, Reyes said, “I started off being a fan, and if you listen to his music, he speaks to you like he was an old friend. I want that same experience to be felt by a lot of his fans.”

Chris Stadler