Caravaggio

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Mike V @Mike26 Jan 11 His passion came with a price. Caravaggio is a 1986 British historical drama film directed by Derek Jarman 🎨 Can’t recommend it. Meh, it passed the time. Sort of. 😕 A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld. See more Jakub V @SirJames Dec 15 The way up and the way down are one and the same. (Heraclitus B60) See more B * @RT82926925 Oct 3 If you like ongoing artistic starings in the abyss, this is your movie! Sweaty pores, off shoulder sheets, muddy faces, circus, sex and insanity.. the boomers in the audience were delighted! I could't hold my giggles. A movie about a painter and they asked an amateur to vomit something on a canvas? But a deep stare (sigh) solves everything. This movie didn't age well and made me believe even more: boomers are bonkers. Stare again! See more Glafira Regina O @Glafira_Regina 01/04/2025 Although critics gave this film positive reviews, out of the 400 thousand spent on production, Caravaggio only grossed 240 thousand at the box office. Not surprising. Throughout the entire 90 minutes, the actors delivered maybe 30 lines of dialogue. The soundtrack, thankfully, was there, but it wasn’t enough to fill all the silence. It’s more like a silent movie about Caravaggio set in the modern world, where he smokes cigarettes and you can hear cars honking outside the window. See more Eric T @RT39120324 12/29/2023 I've never seen such a combination of artist beauty and gritty reality in one film. Each frame is a masterpiece of composition, yet you can almost taste the dust and dirt. All the performances are top notch and the loving recreation of Caravaggio's works makes this a must see for anyone interested in art, especially the art of film. See more John A @ExcessMale 02/25/2023 This film has some striking imagery and features some great actors in very early roles but I found myself way too bored for a film with a premise like this. See more Read all reviews

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