Frank Page #5

Synopsis: Jon, a young wanna-be musician, discovers he's bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Director(s): Lenny Abrahamson
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  13 wins & 16 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
75
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
R
Year:
2014
95 min
Website
680 Views


- things get too intense."

- Chinchilla, chinchilla!

"Chinchilla."

Chinchilla, chinchilla!

"It's incredible.

Frank finds inspiration

in everything."

- I find this inspiring.

- "How does he do this?

If I'm to grow as an artist,

I must see as he sees."

We could make an entire album

out of this one sound.

"I dedicate myself

to learning his secret

and I will not let anybody

get in my way,

however desperately

they may try."

Somebody's thinking in the

key of "C." Oh, it's me!

Oh, f***!

Chinchilla.

- Keep going!

- Okay.

- Keep going!

- "I am more convinced than ever

that this band,

whether they realize it or not,

could achieve greatness.

And I will work to take my place

at its very heart."

"I will show them

what I am capable of.

I will show them."

- Hey.

- Psst!

Hey, man, what are you doing?

I'm composing a song.

Oh, right.

Mmm.

Yeah, man.

I know.

- What?

- I know what it feels like

to try and write a song

and it just comes out sh*t.

Here, let me hop in the saddle.

Here's a little

love song I wrote

a long long long time ago.

The stillness

Of the winter night

The frozen water's

Icy skin

Is broken by

the boatman's oar

Be still and let me in

Oh, let me in

oh, let me in

But stay still.

There, see?

Sh*t too.

But look, Jon,

sooner or later you're

gonna get the feeling,

"why can't I be Frank?"

Or "maybe I can be Frank."

But, Jon, there can

only be one Frank.

One.

Actually, don,

I think both our songs

were excellent.

Yeah.

Right? Come on,

let's go for a walk.

Yeah, I've known

Frank was special

since the moment

I first saw him.

This nurse was trying

to wrestle his head off.

I mean, the guy must

have weighed 300 lbs.

Frank was freaking out so

hard, he just backed off.

- A mental hospital?

- Mmm.

Have you ever seen him

without the head?

God, no.

Maybe he's facially disfigured,

forced to wear a mask

like the elephant man.

Hmm. All I know is that

he told me once

he was from Kansas...

Bluff, Kansas.

Bluff, Kansas.

Sounds dark.

'Cuzzi?

Naw.

Get back to work.

Miserable childhood,

mental illness...

Where do I find

that kind of inspiration?

Congratulations.

You've made the first step

towards releasing

your creativity in a way

that will change

every aspect of your life.

Take everyday activities

like shaving.

As Edward DE Bono once said,

how often does someone

using a traditional wet razor

stop to consider whether

instead of moving the razor,

it might be easier

to keep the razor still

and simply move the face?

What is that?

I think it's called

"the idiot shriek."

- Such pain.

- Hey.

- Such emptiness.

- Hey!

Sh*t!

What?!

Easy, don.

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Jon Ronson

Jon Ronson (born 10 May 1967) is a Welsh journalist, author, documentary filmmaker, screenwriter, and radio presenter whose works include the best-selling The Men Who Stare at Goats (2004) and The Psychopath Test (2011). He has been described as a gonzo journalist, becoming a faux-naïf character in his stories. more…

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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