What Is Your Favorite Biopic?

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By Sam Gehrke
(Sam Gehrke)

"That's such a hard question. There are so many good ones I can't even pick. You're putting me on the spot here!"

(Sam Gehrke)

"I don't really have one straight off the top of my head. I did really like Milk, though!"

(Sam Gehrke)

(Left): "I'd go with Wolf of Wall Street. I think they captured the craziness of the situation and environment perfectly." (Right): "Selma! It was such an amazing story, and a very important one."

(Sam Gehrke)

"Not a big fan of biopics, so I can't really think of one. I like more sci-fi fictional stuff. I'll just say Alien—that's gotta be a biopic in some universe."

(Sam Gehrke)

"Now that you ask the question, I can't really think of one. Maybe like Ali? You gotta list some off for me, bro!"

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Sam Gehrke

Sam Gehrke

Sam Gehrke is a photographer born in Milwaukee, WI in 1990 and raised in Eugene, OR. He moved to Portland in 2016 to pursue photography, quitting his full time job and diving head first into an independent career. His work has since appeared in Vice Magazine, OPB, The Fader, Vortex Music Magazine and Premier Guitar Magazine.

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