Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "classical composer"

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Immortal Beloved * (1994, Gary Oldman, Jeroen Krabbé, Isabella Rossellini, Marco Hofschneider) – Classic Movie Review 10,354

Writer-director Bernard Rose’s fumbled 1994 film Immortal Beloved is a plush but pretty tedious historical biopic, with Gary Oldman bravely battling miscasting as musical ‘genius’ Ludwig van Beethoven, with the mystery of the composer’s Unsterbliche […]

Sep, 26

The Music Lovers **** (1970, Richard Chamberlain, Christopher Gable, Glenda Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 5445

Director Ken Russell and screen-writer Melvyn Bragg tell the story of poor Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-93) in this lusty 1970 British movie. Russell described it as ‘the story of the marriage between a homosexual and a […]

May, 13

Amadeus ***** (1984, F Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Jeffrey Jones, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice) – Classic Movie Review 112

The winner of eight Oscars, Milos Forman’s 1984 triumph Amadeus is a magnificent film of lavish and unique brilliance, with a marvellous cast and brilliant director working at their peak. F Murray Abraham won the […]

Jul, 31

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