The Big Picture One of the most unusual trends in recent years has been the surge in the popularity of films about famous musicians. While musician biopics have been popular ever since Amadeus won the Academy Award for Best Picture in the 1980s, films like Bohemian Rhapsody, Straight Outta Compton, Rocketman, and Bob Marley: One Love have been major commercial hits, and in some cases critical darlings as well.
Love & Mercy In the 60s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson struggles with emerging psychosis as he attempts to craft his avant-garde pop masterpiece. In the 80s, he's a broken, confused man under the 24-hour watch of shady therapist, Dr. Eugene Landy. Both segments of the film intertwine beautifully to show how Wilson’s fame and fortune descended into a period of serious self-doubt and isolation. Dano makes the film heartbreaking by showing the purity of Wilson’s intentions. His passion for the material is evident, and in many ways, he characterizes Wilson as being burdened by the music he feels he must share with the world.
'Love & Mercy' Uses a Non-Linear Structure Love & Mercy isn’t necessarily interested in hitting all the major beats of Wilson’s life, as a documentary about the same subject serves as a better way to learn factual information. Rather, Love & Mercy uses its unorthodox framing device to explore Wilson’s loneliness. It’s evident from the scenes with Dano that Wilson lacks a strong paternal figure in his life.
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