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 Immortal Beloved (DVD)
Description: Theatrical Release: 1995 / Features of the DVD: PAL Newest Review: ... flashbacks as Schindler attempts to solve the mystery of the letter. Gary Oldman plays Beethoven and what an amazing ... more  ... transformation it is, from paintings I've seen of the man himself Oldman looks just like him. His performance is full of passion and emotion. Top marks here.
Although Gary Oldman gets most of the credit here the biggest role in the film
is given to Jeroen Krabbé who plays Anton Schindler. His performance is very good, he has to be downtrodden and submissive and yet still strong, not an easy act to pull off, he does it well.
Isabella Rosselini plays her role well as a countess who takes pity on Beethoven when his deafnes...more |
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Immortal Beloved (DVD): The Comedy Is Over (583 words)
by lilmsnaughty79 - written on 29.02.08 (Very useful, 46 readings)
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The Comedy Is Over ================== The troubled life of Ludwig Van Beethoven is the subject matter of this biopic. His story is told through the eyes of Anton Schindler, his secretary for many years who is attempting to conclude his affairs after his death. His estate is bequeathed in a letter to his "immortal beloved", much to the annoyance of his brother,this is his dying wish. The question is who is this mysterious woman? Conclusion ========== Most people know at least some of the story of Beethoven, the fact that he started to go deaf quite early in his life and most people will know some of his ...
Passion Play (570 words)
by Bryn Pearson - written on 28.11.01 (Very useful, 599 readings)
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Beethoven is a composer most people have heard of - well known for his dramatic symphonies and for being deaf. Through his letters, and the note pad he used for communicaing, a great deal has been gleaned about his lfie, but mysteries remain - who was the woman to whom he wrote some of his most passionate love letters, and why was he so obsessed with rearing his young nephew? "Imortal Beloved" begins with the death of Beethoven (Gary Oldman)and follows Schindler, long time friend of the composer, in his efforts to find the 'imortal beloved' to whom the maestro has left his worldly goods. Schindler visits the women he knows have been ...
Immortal Beloved (DVD): Immortal Genuis (538 words)
by ultras67 - written on 28.09.01 (Very useful, 351 readings)
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Beethoven, as far as small children and a lot of people are concerned is Charles Grodin and a slobbering St Bernard dog. However, there is a far more famous and gifted person – Ludwig van Beethoven. Director Bernard Rose titled his Beethoven biopic, Immortal Beloved, a phrase the composer used in his will to describe a mystery woman he had loved and lost and to whom he bequeathed all his worldly goods. Roses sumptuous reproduction of Beethovens (Gary Oldman) later years is as good a job of a biopic as the movies are going to make. Rose gives the story an unusual twist making it a whoisit ( instead of a whodunit ) film trying to ...
