La vita del poeta e romanziere cubano Reinaldo Arenas.La vita del poeta e romanziere cubano Reinaldo Arenas.La vita del poeta e romanziere cubano Reinaldo Arenas.
- Candidato a 1 Oscar
- 15 vittorie e 22 candidature totali
- Reinaldo's Mother
- (as Olatz Lopez Garmendia)
- Reinaldo's Father
- (as Sebastián Silva)
- Teenage Reinaldo
- (as Vito Maria Schnabel)
- Reinaldo's Grandfather
- (as Pedro Armendáriz)
Trama
Lo sapevi?
- QuizAlmost every scene, according to Guillermo Rosas, was photographed with a chocolate-colored filter on the camera lens. This contributed a great deal to the distinctive colors and textures in the film, especially the skin tones, and the vibrancy in green hues.
- Citazioni
Reinaldo Arenas: Walking along streets that collapse from crumbling sewers. Past buildings that you jump to avoid because they will fall on you. Past grim faces that size you up and sentence you. Past closed shops, closed markets, closed cinemas, closed parks, closed cafes. Sometimes showing dusty signs, justifications: "CLOSED FOR RENOVATION," "CLOSED FOR REPAIRS." What kind of repairs? When will these so-called renovations be finished? When at last will they begin? Closed... closed... closed... everything closed. I arrive, open the countless padlocks and run up the temporary stairs. There she is, waiting for me. I pull off the cover, and stare at her dusty, cold shape. I clean off the dust and caress her. With my hand, delicately, I wipe clean her back, her base and her sides. In front of her, I feel desperate and happy. I run my fingers over her keyboard and suddenly it all starts up. With a tinkling sound the music begins, little by little, then faster; now full speed. Walls, trees, streets, cathedrals, faces and beaches. Cells, mini- cells, huge cells. Starry nights, bare feet, pines, clouds. Hundreds, thousands, millions of parrots. A stool, a climbing plant, they all answer my call, all come to me. The walls recede, the roof vanishes, and you float quite naturally. You float uprooted, dragged off, lifted high. Transported, immortalized, saved. Thanks to that subtle, continuous rhythm, that music, that incessant tap-tap.
- Versioni alternativeThe UK version is cut by 18 secs to remove a shot of a live bird caught in a noose.
- ConnessioniEdited from P.M. (1961)
- Colonne sonoreEl Que Siembra Su Maiz
Written by Miguel Matamoros
Performed by Trio Matamoros
Published by Peer International Corp.
Courtesy of Discos Revuelta SADECV
Trouble is, how interesting a film is it? Clocking in at 133 minutes, it's a long time to wade through so much flabby footage to get to the good material.
In a most meandering manner, the film mixes fact with fiction, and contains equally engrossing and tedious episodes. Often actors take too long to react to too little. Then again, the screen is filled with some compelling scenes, which make impressive statements.
Like his "Basquiat," made four years earlier, Schnabel doesn't seem to be able to create a consistently viable product with a sense of directorial energy, timing, or structure.
On the plus side is Javier Bardem's well executed lead performance. Almost unrecognizable American actors Sean Penn as Cuco Sanchez and Johnny Depp as a striking Bon Bon and slimy Lt. Victor also equip themselves extremely well.
But it's Schnabel whose at the helm here. This self-proclaimed neo expressionist "lion of New York art world" painter-art director-writer-director is a bona fide talent. What seems in order is for someone to shape and direct that talent into something with more pertinence and drive.
"Antes que anochezca" does have its followers, however, and they can continue to support Schnabel's esoteric art house film career.
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Dettagli
- Data di uscita
- Paesi di origine
- Sito ufficiale
- Lingue
- Celebre anche come
- Antes que anochezca
- Luoghi delle riprese
- Aziende produttrici
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Botteghino
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 4.242.892 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 85.230 USD
- 25 dic 2000
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 8.601.053 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione2 ore 13 minuti
- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 1.85 : 1