Modigliani Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

Could have been better edited, but all in all a good movie... shame it has not yet been released in the UK in any format (screen or DVD) at the time of writing this....

It's amazing. There is some real cack released, but this is quite a good film (written and directed by a Brit) that amazingly still hasn't been released over here. Quite bizarre, really. Especially considering the fact that right now in London, Modigliani is back on the agenda, with a major exhibition of his female portraits. What better timing than now to finally give this film a deserved release?

It's certainly not a bad film. Some of it is poorly edited, and the ending is very much 'artistic licence' (although what happens to Jeanne is true, but that does not mean it should not get a proper release in this country. Andy Garcia is (as usual) excellent in the role, as is Omid Djallili as Picasso - some of the best scenes are the confrontations between the two painters. This is one of the better biopics I've seen lately, and I hope it gets a more deserved release.

The paintings, all made especially for the film (the ones in the competition towards the end of the film are complete inventions, for example) are excellent. They capture the original artists' styles quite well. All in all, quite a successful movie.

unconvincing...

..just what you'd expect hollywood to do with european art... lots of laboured, barely credible and slick, cliched short vignettes - sadly doesnt make for compulsive viewing