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A beautiful film with a strong message, Julian Schnabel is a great film maker and Javier Bardem is brilliant as Reinaldo Arenas! This is a warning from the past and should be on the curriculum!
The narrative style is captivating, Julien Schnabel doesn't shy from showing the virtues and the vices of Reinaldo Arenas's literary circle. Arenas, a Cuban poet, confronts the Revolution he once believed in when persecution against homosexuals in Cuba becomes blatant. In a very ...( read more)
Quite a difficult one to rate, as the acting was superb, whilst the film was long and drawn out. Great narration throughout by Javier Bardem, which worked well and he, as always was very impressive.
The story of Reinaldo Arenas? life is certainly an interesting one, but the f...( read more)
an interesting but fairly run-of-the-mill biopic. it seems to only scrape the surface of the life of reinaldo's life. the cameos from depp and penn are almost laughable.
Glimpses of cinematographic brilliance in the opening sequences, a la Terrence Mallick, do not prevent the film from meandering into mediocrity in the 2nd and 3rd acts. Also be warned that certain scenes in the film are reminiscent of Schnabel's most recent ("Diving Bell") film i...( read more)
Malgré sa superbe réalisation, Schnabel peine à conserver notre attention avec cette histoire qui en évoque tant d'autres sans nécessairement se distinguer malgré de beaux moments et de bons interprètes.
Based on Reinaldo Arenas life, a writer that was a supporter of the communist revolution, but later rebelled against it.
Sounded interesting, but it was not, I found myself frequently drifting, and thinking of anyting else, but the movie. The main reason was the pacing, but not ...( read more)
Creepy! Javier Bardem and Johnny perform well opposite each other! Even though Johnny is in drag!
