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National Gallery (2014)
Beautiful, fascinating
If you are familiar with Wiseman's work, you know that he is a true documentarian. No Michael Moore-type bias, no opinions, just a pure document for you to do with what you will. I enjoyed every minute and learned much about the day-to-day life in London's National Gallery. I loved the staff lectures on different paintings, the restoration sections were fascinating, and even the board meetings were interesting (even though I hate meetings in real life LOL).
I'm only sorry Frederick Wiseman is getting older and cannot be with us for another 80 years so he can make even more documentaries. Brilliant, beautiful, sublime
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Behind the Candelabra (2013)
Douglas nailed it
Watched this on it's HBO premiere on Saturday night....brilliant. Was very impressed by performance by Michael Douglas - he truly embodied Liberace, even down to his speech and mannerisms. Matt Damon was wonderful, he captured the character's overwhelming awe of his predicament. Took me a minute or two to recognize Rob Lowe.
Douglas's Liberace was not nicest guy, clearly, but he was weirdly likable even as he tried to turn Damon's character into a clone of himself.
Very well done. The set direction and costumes were fabulously over the top, just like Liberace. 8/10
Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002)
Just beautiful....
At 35, I'm too young too have been around when all this great music first appeared. But I truly feel the Motown music in my soul, always have. I still get goosebumps, to this day, when I hear certain Motown songs.
Therefore, I spent half this film sobbing, for the beauty & genius of the music, the happiness I felt that that Funk Brothers were finally getting their due, and lamenting, as always, that they simply do not make music like this any more, and never will again.
Beautifully filmed, fascinating....if it doesn't move you, or get you moving, you must be comatose.