Staying at home rather than tour with the band, it’s the start of a journey that will both propel him to new heights and start to isolate him off from the rest of the world.įast forward 20 years and Cusack brings a dry wit to a more vulnerable Wilson. Watching him in full flow is a delight, even as he increasingly begins to struggle with the voices inside his head.
Learning to play the piano, he ricochets around the recording studio like a whirlwind of inspiration, with the soundtrack seamlessly moving from his own musical performances to recordings of the original songs. Paul Dano and John Cusack step into Brian’s shoes for the respective chapters, and part of the film’s magic stems from the way both men manage to tap into the same man but draw out entirely different sides of him.ĭano has an ego and drive that’s all-consuming, and as convincing as the way he holds him arms when he walks. Screenwriter Oren Moverman structures the biopic around two key passages in Wilson’s life: him as a 1963-era pop music powerhouse and, later, as a middle-aged 1980s recluse under heavy medication. From getting musicians to play in different keys to each other to embracing ambient studio chatter and including wrong notes, he was an unusual, eccentric and formidable talent – and it’s only fitting that film portraying his life should take a similarly creative and open approach. What do dogs, a theremin and cellos all have in common? The answer is Brian Wilson, the remarkable music pioneer at the heart of The Beach Boys.
Cast: John Cusack, Paul Giamatti, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks
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