"The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe" is a seldom-seen biopic about the famous author. While in some ways it's pretty good, overall it seems pretty stilted and dull.
The film is a reasonably accurate account of the author's life...probably more accurate than most biopics of the day. It also seems to focus mostly on his relationships with women as well as his snippy/snarky attitude which often hurt him in his literary career. My complaints about it are mostly due to the style as opposed to the content. In other words, it's so melodramatic (with droning melancholy music) and the language so stilted it seems rather stilly and trite....like a third-rate production, which is odd since it came from prestigious Twentieth Century-Fox. Okay...but better you just read the Wikipedia article on the man.
The film is a reasonably accurate account of the author's life...probably more accurate than most biopics of the day. It also seems to focus mostly on his relationships with women as well as his snippy/snarky attitude which often hurt him in his literary career. My complaints about it are mostly due to the style as opposed to the content. In other words, it's so melodramatic (with droning melancholy music) and the language so stilted it seems rather stilly and trite....like a third-rate production, which is odd since it came from prestigious Twentieth Century-Fox. Okay...but better you just read the Wikipedia article on the man.