In Reply to: Plenty has been posted about why people like it. posted by sjb on February 26, 2008 at 07:59:08:
Alejadinho: great sculptor w/ no hands (tools taped to his wrists).
Self-promoting womanizer and editor of a execrable rag who happens to have suffered a debilitating accident?
Trite.
I got dizzy from all the look-alike blue-eyed beauties. It was like looking through Elle magazine, for god's sakes. Say, do you have a subscription?
You haven't answered: what spoke to you, specifically, about the film?
A far better film of a man in a similar position stars Javier Bardem, "The Sea Inside."
Not a very good film, mind you, but much more insightful.
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Follow Ups
- Deaf Beethoven: interesting. Almost blind Rembrandt: fascinating. - tinear 10:17:16 02/26/08 (7)
- You still haven't said how the film-maker should have handled the fact the women in his life were beautiful. - sjb 15:03:33 02/26/08 (5)
- First off, I'd read a lot about the film and expected - tinear 16:48:28 02/26/08 (4)
- Fair enough. nt - sjb 16:56:01 02/26/08 (3)
- RE: Fair enough. nt - tinear 17:13:53 02/26/08 (2)
- "a execrable rag": is this a freedom fries thing? nt - dave c 13:41:05 02/26/08 (0)