Tesla: Master of Lightning

There is a small but hard-core group of people out there that think that Nicola Tesla was the smartest man that ever lived. While I will gladly admit that he was one of the smarter men of our time, one fact these die-hards seem to struggle with is his sanity. They are dogmatic and will not acknowledge that Tesla was mentally ill--which he VERY clearly was. There...I had to get that off my chest.

The film does a nice job encapsulating the life of Tesla. Mostly it focuses on his brilliance in regard to electricity but it also hits a bit on his bizarreness--his weird theories, his phobias and his lack of social skills (perhaps he had what today might be seen as Asperger's). Because it gives this total picture, I would strongly recommend the film. It's well constructed, interesting and well worth your time--and does a nice job of discussing the genius of Tesla...and his wackiness.