Klimt (Malkovich)
Klimt (Malkovich)
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Somewhat typecast, John Malkovich plays unhinged Austrian symbolist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918). His paintings were characterized by fields of gold that would please the Byzantines, amplifying the unconcealed female eroticism that seeps off his canvases. This naughty aspect of the artist's life is the focal point of this decadent film portrait from Chilean-born surrealist Raul Ruiz (The Hypothesis of a Stolen Painting). "The director''s vision of the artist as a monster at large in high society belongs to the genre popularized by Ken Russell that rejects the sentimental Hollywood depiction of the artist as bleeding-heart martyr" (Stephen Holden, The New York Times). Co-starring Veronica Ferres, Stephen Dillane and Saffron Burrows as one of th e Raul Ruiz---Austria/Germany/France---2007---97 mins.

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