Talk:Miles Ahead (film)

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To add to article: is it a true story? 173.89.236.187 (talk) 23:03, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It's already in the lede paragraph: "...based on the life of jazz musician Miles Davis." - SummerPhD^v2.0 04:41, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That doesn't answer the question. There is a lot of firing of guns, car chases, etc. in the film, and it's unclear whether those happened in real life. 173.89.236.187 (talk) 20:02, 10 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It is based on his life. If you are looking for a rundown of individual events and comparisons between real life and the cinematic treatment, you've come to the wrong site. - SummerPhD^v2.0 22:04, 10 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

off-topic chat

I think that Cheadle had the germ for "half" a concept concerning how to portray miles. Since the world at large thought 'hugely' of Mr. Davis (as I did not, by the way,) what was needed was a multi-picture, sequential concept, since this "Miles" was perceived to have been many things to many people around the world, and generationally, even. The first picture should have been a simply amorphous "legend" of Miles, from a starting point. This would have served in introducing ("re-introducing") the celebrity to a multi-generational public (Cheadle's own experieince in "Talk to Me" should had taught him some hard lessons about his then starring subject matter in that not all Black celebrities are well-known, and that radio host, rabble-rouser, and 'huckster' Petey Green was only a regional (Washinton, D.C., and Mid-Atlantic, and perhaps some adjoining Southern states locales), and media industry personality; he was hardly known in the North-East coast, nor west of the Mississippi). Such is also the case with the "legend' of Miles Davis, of whom even I perceived then, he as became irrevelant after the late 60's. Therefore, a sequential film series process should seriously had been considered: Miles Davis was not just a "thug", not just a Jazz composer\intrumentalist; not just an American (and of African descent,) not just a beleagured artist fighting against the mamaouth global recording industry (of whom especially puts down and steals the talent and products of Africanos, worldwide, '24\7"). He was not just somebody's freind, and relative, etc. Therefore, packing him even in a three-hour movies does not do justice even to the average movie-goer, much less to the titled individual. A sequential film series would have served (from the initial movie) to create 'buzz'; this would have generated both more funding for the film sequel, as well as the first providing sober analyzsis on how to proceed with a second, and perhaps a third film, against wholly filling the volume of "historical" space that was Miles Davis, and his life and travails on Earth!!! --184.248.4.131 (talk) 14:48, 20 May 2016 (UTC)Veryverser[reply]

This article talk page is for discussing improvements to the article, not for general discussion of the article's topic. - SummerPhD^v2.0 15:42, 20 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]