mkstewartesq
Sr Member
Re: Bohemian Rhapsody
Perhaps there is a misunderstanding here - according to Sacha, the original script he was hired to do had Freddie die halfway through. That plan was obviously ditched. The film as currently written and filmed covers Queen from their beginning and ends at Live Aid - 6 years before Freddie died (and, depending on which source you read, before he even know he was HIV positive. Most sources say he wasn't diagnosed until 2 years later, in 1987).
What we are saying is that it will more likely be a "film about the history of the band" rather than a "film about the life of Freddie Mercury, with the other members of Queen in supporting roles." And my only comment was that, whether you view this as a "band film" or a "Freddie film", Freddie's illness - and how both he and the band soldiered on through it- seems like too compelling a part of the story to simply drop (but, apparently they did.)
M
Perhaps there is a misunderstanding here - according to Sacha, the original script he was hired to do had Freddie die halfway through. That plan was obviously ditched. The film as currently written and filmed covers Queen from their beginning and ends at Live Aid - 6 years before Freddie died (and, depending on which source you read, before he even know he was HIV positive. Most sources say he wasn't diagnosed until 2 years later, in 1987).
What we are saying is that it will more likely be a "film about the history of the band" rather than a "film about the life of Freddie Mercury, with the other members of Queen in supporting roles." And my only comment was that, whether you view this as a "band film" or a "Freddie film", Freddie's illness - and how both he and the band soldiered on through it- seems like too compelling a part of the story to simply drop (but, apparently they did.)
M
) - let's not forget hat Freddie was the first major rock start to contract HIV, in a time when there was great misunderstanding and intolerance of the disease. And he was a closeted gay/bi man, again at a time when not only was homophobia more rampant but, speaking frankly, it was anathema to the hard rock/macho world. (Remember, fans threw razor blades on stage when he grew his mustache in emulation of the "San Francisco gay clone" look, and his cross-dressing in the "I Want To Break Free" video effectively ended their career in America for the reminder of his lifetime.) All of those things contributed to his decision to hide his illness, and to his bandmates decision to do so as well to guard his privacy. 
