At its best, the movie presents a universe in which everyone raps for his or her dignity: A competition even breaks out in the lunch-truck line at the plant where the hero works. 8 Mile ( the name is for the avenue that divides inner-city Detroit from the suburbs) is shot in a sympathetic fever, with the perfect mix of rage and sadness at the blue-lit ruins of urban Detroit-a ghost town in which signs of life often turn out to be death-rattles. It was a dark and gloomy movie but it enough raw adrenaline to make it all worth it.The director, Curtis Hanson, gets more and more resourceful.
These scenes in the film were shot in an empty warehouse because the real Shelter just looked too nice for the tone of the film. Eminem really did perform in a place called Shelter. Ribisi might have been a good character in the film but he asked for too much money for the part and priced himself out.ġ. Giovanni Ribisi was supposed to play Wink. Lil’ Tic was supposed to play the character of Future but he didn’t show up for rehearsal so he got cast as an extra instead.Ģ. The rapper that Eminem goes up against in the first scene is his best friend. He wanted it to be a regular movie so he did what he could to not let people associate the Eminem persona with the film.ģ. The house-burning scene was almost cut.ĭetroit had a problem with arson at this point and time and took a great deal of convincing for the city to allow the film to shoot this scene.Įminem knows the area pretty well but decided to come up with a fictional name and life so that the movie wouldn’t be an autobiographical piece. There was a rumor that he was involved with Kim Basinger too, but he denied that while Kim said nothing.ĥ. Eminem and Brittany Murphy actually dated during production.Âīrittany Murphy made the comment on Letterman that the two of them were dating but Eminem said nothing. He lost a reported 24 pounds for the role and yet he still looked to be in good health for all that.Ħ. Eminem lost a lot of weight for the role. There were 300 extras on the set and when they started getting bored the director came up with the idea of letting them have a rap battle to see who got to rap against Eminem.ħ. He reluctantly declined because he was filming the Kill Bill films at the time and couldn’t pull himself away. Quentin Tarantino was the first choice for director. He’s had a rather dim view of the Oscars for a while.ĩ. It would be enough to drive a lot of people crazy in a short time, but Eminem’s role was to show how one got through it and somehow made it work for them.Įminem wasn’t there to pick it up however since he thought someone else would win. A mother that was constantly drunk and dating a guy his own age, being forced to live in a trailer park in a trailer that was barely big enough for both of them, and trying to maintain a steady job were all just another day in the life of this character. He had to make his way through some of the worst parts of his life that anyone could ever imagine.
It wasn’t put up as an overall success film, you didn’t get to watch Eminem become rich and famous. 8 Mile was released 15 years ago, can you believe that? This hard-hitting film that details the life of Eminem through his fictional character came out as a favorite among many fans and remained that way thanks to the gritty and very real style that it kept throughout the movie.
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