Movies and scripts
The Pagannini script
This is what Bruce has to say about his fascination in Paganini: "Paganini was an ugly bastard. Bony, beaky nosed, hunched back, weird looking guy going bald. He hated his father all his life who pushed him into music. Adored his mother. Had illegitimate children, had affairs with royalty, was reviled by the church but loved by the people. In the middle of a concerto he would start making bird noises just like rock guitarists mess around now. After he died his body was dug up and moved seven times because people thought his fingers were possessed by the Devil. He's a fascinating character and I've written a synopsis that will result in a film that's a cross between 'Tommy' and 'Amadeus'. The problems of artists are universal and everlasting. The conflicts he had to resolve, the temptations he had to fight, are all relevant today. I want to produce a rock opera that would tell the story of his life. His live performances were legendary but of course no one will ever know what they were like because it was before the age of recording. Apparently he had enormously large hands like Jimi Hendrix, which is why he could do so much on violin and he was a keen guitarist as well. He used his own unique system of fingering and improvised all the time. He broke strings during a performance once and improvised a violin concerto for one string. On stage he dressed all in black, a bit like Ritchie Blackmore. He was an explosive Italian and would never play one note when fifty million would do!"
Bruce would have liked to be in the movie himself, but not as any major character. His interest in acting go back to his school days when he used to be part of the school theatre doing a couple of plays a year.
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