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Before Night Falls (2000)
Starring: Javier
Bardem, Johnny
Depp Director: Julian
Schnabel Rating: R (Restricted)
When will they (Stalinists) ever learn?,
Product Description
An incredible journey through the life and work of the late cuban poet reinaldo arenas whose courageous fight for personal expression defied censorship and persecution. Special features: subtitles in english spanish and french theatrical trailer cast and crew filmographies and much more. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 08/29/2006 Starring: Javier Bardem Sean Penn Run time: 125 minutes.
This is an artistically solid
& politically stunning view of homophobia & Stalinism in Cuba. It shows
how many homosexuals along with vast numbers of people at first supported the
Revolution--then the "crap" (To paraphase Marx) set in. Bigotry,
nepotism, bribery, intellectual stulification & a resurrection of
"socialist realism" in the arts.
Javier Bardem is powerful & convincing in the role of the real writer
Reinaldo Arenas.
Johnny Depp has a brief role as a transgender prison entertainer(!)
Review: JEFarrow
Updated 1/10
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