Pictures from "Love and Mercy" biopic

[buddhahat]

Recent tweet from VDP, presumably about Love and Mercy:

@thevandykeparks: Bio-pics penned by screenwriters who weren't there so can't remember in cahoots with those who were who'd rather not. This is the bat cave!

https://twitter.com/thevandykeparks/status/365931086833926144

[Autotune]

Should we sign a petition in order for the producers to include Blondie and Ricky?

[KittyKat]

Recent tweet from VDP, presumably about Love and Mercy:

@thevandykeparks: Bio-pics penned by screenwriters who weren't there so can't remember in cahoots with those who were who'd rather not. This is the bat cave!

https://twitter.com/thevandykeparks/status/365931086833926144

I can't wait for Van Dyke's angry interview when this movie is released. This time he'll go after Brian the same way he went after Mike for "American Family," since it's Brian's people in charge this time. He'll spill the beans on Brian with some nasty stories about past transgressions. Maybe Brian stiffed him on sharing cab fare or made him pay the check at Denny's some time back in the '70s.

[Pretty Funky]

Should we sign a petition in order for the producers to include Blondie and Ricky?

This is a Brian bio. Not the Beach Boys. They will be lucky to get more than a name check and the lawyers will be thorough in ensuring there is no come back from the group and their estates, VDP and the estate of Landy.

From the original press release.

"Rather than a bio pic, the film will take an unconventional look at seminal moments in Wilson's life, his artistic genius, his profound struggles, and the love that kept him alive,"...



Brian has been pretty open about his drug taking, mental and physical health, Murry and his other issues. THAT and his redemption is the movie.

[KittyKat]

So, in other words, a hagiography, with "hottie" Melinda as heroine.

[Pretty Funky]

You got it!

And at the end of the movie the other good guys. Refer to the BAD tour personal list!

[phirnis]

Recent tweet from VDP, presumably about Love and Mercy:

@thevandykeparks: Bio-pics penned by screenwriters who weren't there so can't remember in cahoots with those who were who'd rather not. This is the bat cave!

https://twitter.com/thevandykeparks/status/365931086833926144

The bat cave?

Maybe it's because I'm not a native speaker but I don't understand what he means by that image.

[Micha]

Recent tweet from VDP, presumably about Love and Mercy:

@thevandykeparks: Bio-pics penned by screenwriters who weren't there so can't remember in cahoots with those who were who'd rather not. This is the bat cave!

https://twitter.com/thevandykeparks/status/365931086833926144

The bat cave?

Maybe it's because I'm not a native speaker but I don't understand what he means by that image.

Roughly the same as by "over and over the crow cries uncover the corn fields".

[Iron Horse-Apples]

Recent tweet from VDP, presumably about Love and Mercy:

@thevandykeparks: Bio-pics penned by screenwriters who weren't there so can't remember in cahoots with those who were who'd rather not. This is the bat cave!

https://twitter.com/thevandykeparks/status/365931086833926144

The bat cave?

Maybe it's because I'm not a native speaker but I don't understand what he means by that image.

Roughly the same as by "over and over the crow cries uncover the corn fields".

Obviously he's referring to the Batman episode where Batman and Robin (Brian and Van Dyke) "inhale" the Penguins mind gas and lose their memories.

[Lowbacca]

Recent tweet from VDP, presumably about Love and Mercy:

@thevandykeparks: Bio-pics penned by screenwriters who weren't there so can't remember in cahoots with those who were who'd rather not. This is the bat cave!

https://twitter.com/thevandykeparks/status/365931086833926144

I don't get at all what VDP is trying to say..

[Dudd]

Recent tweet from VDP, presumably about Love and Mercy:

@thevandykeparks: Bio-pics penned by screenwriters who weren't there so can't remember in cahoots with those who were who'd rather not. This is the bat cave!

https://twitter.com/thevandykeparks/status/365931086833926144

I don't get at all what VDP is trying to say..

Whatever the case, he doesn't seem to be entirely positive about it... 

[Cyncie]

I ran this through Google translates Van Dyke to English translator.

Van-dykelish: Bio-pics penned by screenwriters who weren't there so can't remember in cahoots with those who were who'd rather not. This is the bat cave!

English: These guys don't know anything and Brian's in denial. It's gonna be bat crap.

[SMiLE Brian]

I ran this through Google translates Van Dyke to English translator.

Link please?

[Mike's Beard]

Recent tweet from VDP, presumably about Love and Mercy:

@thevandykeparks: Bio-pics penned by screenwriters who weren't there so can't remember in cahoots with those who were who'd rather not. This is the bat cave!

https://twitter.com/thevandykeparks/status/365931086833926144

The bat cave?

Maybe it's because I'm not a native speaker but I don't understand what he means by that image.

Maybe VDP is hinting that Adam West and Burt Ward will make a cameo? Who else would be up for seeing the Batdance square off against the chicken dance?

[KittyKat]

Van Dyke could be referring to the Batman movie series and other blockbusters, thinking that the people making the film are going to create a ridiculous fantasy out of Brian's life in order to sell as many tickets as possible.  I have a hard time believing that anyone would expect a Brian biopic to strive to sell millions of tickets. Though he could be right that a theatrical film will be more juiced up than a TV movie.

[Pacific Coast]

Recent tweet from VDP, presumably about Love and Mercy:

@thevandykeparks: Bio-pics penned by screenwriters who weren't there so can't remember in cahoots with those who were who'd rather not. This is the bat cave!

https://twitter.com/thevandykeparks/status/365931086833926144

Some punctuation suggestions:
Bio-pics penned by "screenwriters who weren't there so can't remember" in cahoots with "those who were who'd rather not." This is the bat cave!


Bat cave: dark home for the flying blind? secret hideout of the dynamic duo of camp?

[ontor pertawst]

American Family 2: Electric Boogaloo Discovers America

[Pretty Funky]

He uses 2 words. Batmans 'Batcave' is one.

Found this. Is it relevant. A clue. Who knows?

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2010/09/a-chat-with-van-dyke-parks.html

For a long time, I wondered about something in his "Discover America" album package, and two years ago, I finally got the nerve to email him:

"Ever since the mid-1970s, I've puzzled over the "Space Available" section
 of the liner notes from your "Discover America" album. You may recall how
 intense some of us fans' interpretations of album ephemera would get under
 various influences.

Well, when I re-visited it in the 1990s, my amazement grew.

Do you realize what's written is also a description of how packet
 switching happens in computer networks, a set of protocols which is the
 basis for the Internet?

And then there's the "computer font" of "Space Available," which adds to
 the wonderment.

So I'll answer the question posed: Yes, there's somebody out here. ..."

his reply:

"I just reviewed the print you cite--
I wrote that article. I chose the type
 face. I meant every word of it.
 In fact, I still hold to its emphases.
 I expected the critical abbatoire, but
 was determined to hold my own--
 if they took everything but my last squeal. I used that precious space
 to say something that I felt needed saying.
 Raw competition doesn't always produce the finest results, and in
 some matters, is totally nihilistic.
 The bat caves I visited in Trinidad
 inspired the focus.

As for your (somewhat belated)
 remarks, I'm amazed that you remember this passage, and it
 makes me feel validated in my
 effort---so gratified that this positive
 brings the yield to more than zero!"

[rab2591]

Elizabeth Banks as Melinda:





entire article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2386630/Elizabeth-Banks-travels-time-Eighties-frock-hairdo-set-Beach-Boys-biopic.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

[Micha]

Recent tweet from VDP, presumably about Love and Mercy:

@thevandykeparks: Bio-pics penned by screenwriters who weren't there so can't remember in cahoots with those who were who'd rather not. This is the bat cave!

https://twitter.com/thevandykeparks/status/365931086833926144

The bat cave?

Maybe it's because I'm not a native speaker but I don't understand what he means by that image.

Roughly the same as by "over and over the crow cries uncover the corn fields".

Obviously he's referring to the Batman episode where Batman and Robin (Brian and Van Dyke) "inhale" the Penguins mind gas and lose their memories.

Oh my God, Van Dyke Parks is The Riddler... He really IS!!!

I mean, who is to know "American Gothic trip" refers to a painting and "Bicycle Rider" to a gambling cards brand?

[Pretty Funky]

I'm thinking he is talking about bat guano or sh!t.

[Rocky Raccoon]

Recent tweet from VDP, presumably about Love and Mercy:

@thevandykeparks: Bio-pics penned by screenwriters who weren't there so can't remember in cahoots with those who were who'd rather not. This is the bat cave!

https://twitter.com/thevandykeparks/status/365931086833926144

I love Van Dyke Parks but his Twitter feed is giving me a headache.

[Dudd]

[Lowbacca]

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(T)AL(L) JARDINE

[Dudd]