Un ritratto dell'artista austriaco Gustav Klimt, i cui sontuosi dipinti sessuali sono diventati il simbolo dello stile art nouveau della fine del XIX e dell'inizio del XX secolo.Un ritratto dell'artista austriaco Gustav Klimt, i cui sontuosi dipinti sessuali sono diventati il simbolo dello stile art nouveau della fine del XIX e dell'inizio del XX secolo.Un ritratto dell'artista austriaco Gustav Klimt, i cui sontuosi dipinti sessuali sono diventati il simbolo dello stile art nouveau della fine del XIX e dell'inizio del XX secolo.
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- QuizRyan Phillippe was considered for the role of Klimt.
- BlooperWhen Klimt mashes the cake in the man's face, the icing on the man's face is not covering his right eye. In the next close-up shot, there is a large blob of icing covering the man's right eye. In the next long shot when Klimt starts to wipe the man's face, the icing is no longer covering the man's right eye again.
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Klimt: Who art thou Asked the guardian of the night From crystal purity I come Was my reply And great my thirst, Persephone Yet heeding thy decree I take to flight and turn, and turn again Forever right I spurn the pallid cypress tree Seek no refreshment at its sylvan spring but hasten on toward the rustling river of Mnemosyne Wherein I drink to sweet satiety And there, dipping my palms between The knots and loopings of its mazy stream I see again, as in a drowning swimmers dream All the strange sights I ever saw And even stranger sights no man has ever seen
- Versioni alternativeA 131-minute-long Director's Cut was released theatrically in Austria and is available on DVD in the UK.
- ConnessioniReferenced in Ricardo Aronovich, avec mes yeux de dinosaure du cinéma (2011)
Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918) was a strange artist, a man who believed in a sensualist artificial religion and an artist who favored erotic imagery in his canvases. He was controversial in his time, yet today his paintings using gold leaf and silver leaf and design patterns of expression that defined Art Nouveau sell for many millions of dollars: his style is still imitated and he is still celebrated as the father of erotic art. The film opens and closes with Klimt (John Malkovich) submerged in healing waters in a rather stark hospital, attended by a nurse and his disciple, the equally sensational Egon Schiele (Nicolai Kinski, keeping his hands in the spread-finger style Schiele painted so often!). From this point bits and pieces of Klimt's bizarre life are explored, at times explained through imaginary conversations with his secretary (Stephen Dillane). His marriage, his 'affair' - or is it simply a manifestation of the influence of a muse? - with Lea de Castro (Saffron Burrows), his self indulgence in all things erotic (he is said to have has many affairs with Viennese women yielding a large number of children who bear his genetic puzzle), and his conflict with the Academy of Art, a sense of disgust with the current oeuvre of painting as sterile, and his prodigious output of paintings and drawing of the female nude - all are depicted with tremendous imagination here. The cinematography is as strange as the story it captures, using falling snowflakes in one scene to suggest the falling pieces of Klimt's gold leaf enhancement of his most famous works in others.
The dialogue is at times raw and at other times superficial and the audience is begged to indulge in the fantasy that is being recreated. But the film stands well as an example of an art history period and John Malkovich makes a credible Klimt. This is more a film for art students and art lovers who are eager to explore the beginnings of Art Nouveau than a film for audiences eager for accurate biography.
Grady Harp
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- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 97.656 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 2.332 USD
- 24 giu 2007
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 584.991 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione2 ore 11 minuti
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- 1.85 : 1