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Klimt

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A profile of Gustav Klimt, an Austrian artist, whose prolific and sexual paintings symbolized the art nouveau style of the late 19th and early 20th century.
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Klimt is handsomely filmed, but the blurred storyline and substandard performances prove its undoing.

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Stephen Holden New York Times 10/17/2007
3.5/5
John Malkovich has virtually cornered the market on portraying aesthetes in the thrall of demonic visions. Klimt adds to his gallery of elegant monsters. Go to Full Review Leba Hertz San Francisco Chronicle 09/14/2007
1/4
A good bio of any historical character has to have a compelling story, whether evil or good. Klimt appears to have had that story. I sure would have liked to know what it was. Go to Full Review Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times 08/31/2007
2.5/5
Ruiz is terrific in evoking a heady atmosphere of ornate fin de siecle decadence, and Malkovich is ideally cast as a coolly intellectual, free-thinking, free-living aesthete... Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 02/23/2008
C
Poor excuse for an unconventional biopic. Go to Full Review Ken Fox TV Guide 10/19/2007
2/4
Raoul Ruiz's absurdly overwrought phantasmagoria tries to recast the notorious Viennese artist's life as a kind of Divine Comedy: Inferno. Go to Full Review Doris Toumarkine Film Journal International 10/19/2007
The film, however provocative and full of eye candy, is really for hardcore art-house fans only. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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02/16/2013 Too much arty farty directing and not enough actual plot. See more 02/12/2013 A modern Fellini-like movie in it's artistic weirdness at points. I was annoyed at the soundtrack interfering with the dialogue, not sure if it was my TV, the DVD or the actual movie itself. Klimt's works are fascinating, & the movie does make a cogent interpretation of the complex genius behind the art. See more 06/06/2011 I was wondering for quite a long time, how come I never watched this... Now I know! See more @Ricardogm 09/18/2010 Produção de TV e roteiro confuso. See more 08/21/2010 Brakuje mi słów. Chciałbym napisać sonet, który wyraziłby jaką kupą jest ten film. Malkovich, na własny koszt i własnoręcznie powinien zniszczyć wszystkie kopie. Stawiam piwo tym, którzy dadzą radę dooglądać. See more 06/23/2010 Malkovich is especially great when he plays these arrogant and womanizing artist types, isn't he? The answer is undeniably yes. See more Read all reviews
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Raúl Ruiz

Director

John Malkovich

Actor

Veronica Ferres

Emilie Flöge

Stephen Dillane

Sekretär

Saffron Burrows

Lea De Castro

Nikolai Kinski

Egon Schiele

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Movie Info

Synopsis A profile of Gustav Klimt, an Austrian artist, whose prolific and sexual paintings symbolized the art nouveau style of the late 19th and early 20th century.
Director
Raúl Ruiz
Genre
Biography, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Mar 20, 2007
Runtime
1h 35m
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