10 Favorite Biographies?

I'm partial to biographies for artists ... that, at times, are more interesting as to how they did things in their work. But there are some nice, and farout things out there. Here is a small list off my reviews:

Eno's book is a veritable history of the English/London music scene. 

Gilliamesque and/or Gilliam on Gilliam ... fun stuff by the director

Godard on Godard ... is this film?

Truffaut on Truffaut ... it will confuse you ... and many times he gives it up for enough time for things to develop on their own ... at least he knows when NOT to stop filming, allowing some ad libs and moments to shine!

Altman on Altman ... awesome fun, and he tells you all the jokes and tricks he played on all actors ... fun reading and you won't want to put it down! Just realize how much he played with the actors to get something that ... was not there! Tremendous fun and laugh!

Ennio ... a film by Giuseppe Tornatore about Ennio Morricone, and the maestro tells you how he did just about everything ... it was far out and neat. A must see film, that, at the very least, appreciates someone that really loved film and added to its life with some neatly placed music! And a couple of directors allowed him to do his own thing with the music, as one of them admitted that Ennio was right about how he saw that moment ... neat stuff!

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A long time ago, DE said that film is not a good biography, since a lot of things are changed or romanticized. I agree wholeheartedly, though it is difficult to not realize how much of film comes from history, or from some literary works ... with that said, the following list is NOT a biography, but, if anything, it has a nice touch and idea of what the artist/person maybe about ... 

AND, you want to go take a serious look at Ken Russell's filmography ... going way back to his BBC days, his list of films about many artists, is way out there ... and some outstanding stuff. Two of his lesser known films are on Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Isadora Duncan ... and these are both really neat ... and the one on Elgar is also tops.

Carlin and Zappa's books were great!