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Barnes and Noble: La Vie en Rose with Marion Cotillard
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"I first heard Edith Piaf's voice during a dance performance at a Piccolo Spoleto Festival. Even a recording of her singing, several times removed from the woman herself, was a gut-wrenchingly beautiful experience. And, forgive me, I do not remember the name of the dancer, but she did do great justice to "The Sparrow" in her choreography. Fortunately, Marion Cotillard has since rendered Piaf imm..."
Steal This Movie
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"Oh Abbie Hoffman, radical 60's dissident. D'Onofrio (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) does an outstanding job in the lead role of this film. Although one may be sympatheitc to Hoffman's cause you can't help but cringe at how his personnal struggles (including drug addiction) at times overshadowed and diminished his activism. But hey, nobodys perfect. Abbie Hoffamn is definately a figure in Ameri..."
Gandhi - DVD
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"There are not enough words to describe this wonderfully brilliant film about the life of Mohandas Gandhi who through the teachings of nonviolence radically changed the socio-political climate of colonized India. If you haven't seen it, watch it!"
Pollock
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"Oh, Jackson Pollack. He was a man's man. Brooding and emotionally restrained. Wildly gestural, violently flinging his fluids from his brush all over the place, unapologetically. What a man! This is the story of Jackson pollack, the painter, the lover, the alcoholic, the kind of an a**hole."
Basquiat
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"There I so many people I like in this movie. David Bowie, Gary Oldman and Dennis Hopper. And this was my introduction to Jeffrey Wright, and I've been a fan ever since. This film is about Basquit. The painter, the art super star. Amazing movie."
Frida (2002)
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""Frida" chronicles the life Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek) shared unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina), as the young couple took the art world by storm. From her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and controversial affair with Leon Trotsky, to her provocative and romantic entanglements with women, Frida Kahlo lived a bold and uncompromisin..."
Capote (2005)
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"Philip Seymour Hoffman’s victory at the Oscars for his performance as writer Truman Capote came as no surprise. For the beginning to the end of the film, Hoffman steals the show, showing off his obvious talents as an actor. The underlying story is of Capote’s efforts as a writer for the New Yorker to uncover a community’s reaction to the senseless murder of a family of four in Halcomb, Kansas ..."
Bird - DVD
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"Drugs and jazz. Forest Whitaker performs brilliantly (of course) in this story of jazz musician Charlie Parker. I heart wrenching biopic."
