"Beauty" isn't necessarily "pretty."
Definitely NOT for the faint-of-heart or for those seeking passive entertainment, this film is a masterpiece of portraiture of a highly talented and disturbed artist a perfect illustration of the idea that genius is considered but a short step from insanity.
It has been many months since I viewed this film, and I find myself turning the film over in my head quite often. That to me is the mark of a well-done film or any work of art, for that matter.
I have never since seen a prodigiously talented performer without wondering what their day-to-day life and relationships must be like. This film stayed with me despite my revulsion to its "ugliness" the discomfiture it engenders.
Highly recommended!
It has been many months since I viewed this film, and I find myself turning the film over in my head quite often. That to me is the mark of a well-done film or any work of art, for that matter.
I have never since seen a prodigiously talented performer without wondering what their day-to-day life and relationships must be like. This film stayed with me despite my revulsion to its "ugliness" the discomfiture it engenders.
Highly recommended!
- skytomm
- Apr 3, 2004