[Joeboy]

> FFS Hollywood, get it done! The man had visions of AC motors and dreams of generators at the base of Niagara Falls. Then he moves to America and actually achieves those dreams against all odds.

I don't know a whole lot about Tesla's life, but those don't particularly strike me as elements of a great / saleable screenplay. Not that that necessarily matters, the established way around that is to just make shit up. I guess what I am saying is, be careful what you wish for.

btw in practice "big time visuals" means "spending a lot of money on a biography of somebody only a few nerds are interested in". It's not necessarily a selling point.

Edit: A Tesla / Edison feud movie in the style or Rocky or Frost/Nixon might work. You'd have to change the ending obviously.

[exodust]

I don't understand. The Tesla story has drama, betrayal, dreams realised, dreams broken, tragedy, near-death, exploitation, private and public feuds, genius, globally significant inventions still used today.. the list goes on.

The Jobs story has nothing more interesting, it's just current and fuelled by high-fiving consumer drones.

What next? A movie about Beats By Dre?

What we need from cinema and art is TRUTH. I'd like to see a movie centered around a completely unknown Apple factory worker in China. Film makers are such pussies going for the obvious Jobs story..