Date 04/04/2016 - News People
Miles Ahead is not just your standard biopic about the life of the legendary jazz trumpet player Miles Davis. Don Cheadle, who not only stars as Davis but co-wrote the film, co-produced it, and made it his debut as a feature film director, wanted the movie to play like a Miles Davis jazz piece, focusing on one period of his life and flashing back from there, giving the movie an impressionistic, improvisational feel instead of just moving from point A to point B. It remains to be seen how audiences react to that, but there?s no doubt that it?s a bold approach for a first-time director, especially when he?s also giving an outstanding performance in every frame of the movie.