twooooo pock.
in the class discussion, i found it curious to find out that Paramount didn't want to label Resurrection a "documentary." then i looked at mtv films filmography of production on imdb and wasn't so curious anymore. the quote from laura lazin in the hand out that talked about how tupac would tell his own story "...lets just let him do it. let's trust him to do it." and then to hear the fractured audio and spliced monologue of tupac "telling his story" was kind of humorous. i don't really care to discuss what is and isn't a documentary, that's a trivial argument. that's in congruence with the argument of what is and isn't art. instead it seems more important to analyze the gaze of the film. who's point of view are we seeing this from? tupac's? afini shakur? laura lazin? mtv films? fans of i want a famous face? honestly, i couldn't really figure it out. it seems to me that if tupac were alive, he'd allow for a totally different film to be made. of course, they wouldn't make a film like this if he were still alive (not to mention sell as many records*.)*Tupac has released 10 albums since his 1996 death, all of which have gone platinum. he also has a film coming out next year that he wrote in 1995, executive produced by Afeni Shakur and Preston Holmes. (imdb.com)
posted by sethy @ 3:21 PM
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I didn't really feel like what the audience was being presented on 2pac was an opinion of a single person but rather a collective effort to cast him in as positive light as possible to add to his legend and marketability. I intend to see the rest of the film but from what we saw it came across as in an E True Hollywood Story format rather than an objective look at 2pacs life. I felt there was an uneven balance of focusing on 2pacs positive childhood moments and negative experiences. It almost came across that he was exceptionally attentive to his studies and intellectually superior to his peers. Again I havent seen the rest of the film but this portrayal seemed erroneous when 2pac was at the heart of a seemingly trivial east coast/ west coast rap war that eventually cost him his life.
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