It's also what Hollywood thinks music is like: pure improvisation. In the real world, both require an amazing amount of rehearsal and frustrating lack of progress on your own time before the 'performance'.
I always thought the best moment of 8-mile was when Bunny stops talking and sits down with a pen and a paper in his bedroom. It's fairly explicit that that's the point he starts on the road to being a successful musician.
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It's also what Hollywood thinks music is like: pure improvisation. In the real world, both require an amazing amount of rehearsal and frustrating lack of progress on your own time before the 'performance'.
I always thought the best moment of 8-mile was when Bunny stops talking and sits down with a pen and a paper in his bedroom. It's fairly explicit that that's the point he starts on the road to being a successful musician.