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Surviving Picasso

1996

Action / Biography / Drama / Romance

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Uploaded by: FREEMAN

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Dominic West Photo
Dominic West as Paulo Picasso
Anthony Hopkins Photo
Anthony Hopkins as Pablo Picasso
Natascha McElhone Photo
Natascha McElhone as Françoise Gilot
Julianne Moore Photo
Julianne Moore as Dora Maar
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1.12 GB
1280*720
English 2.0
R
23.976 fps
2 hr 5 min
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2.09 GB
1904*1072
English 2.0
R
23.976 fps
2 hr 5 min
P/S 1 / 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by karl_consiglio8 / 10

Surviving Francois

Pablo Picasso portrayed by the only woman to have survived his narcissistic, manipulative, patronizing and womanizing tendencies and come out of the minotaur's labyrinth, his studio, before he shatters her. A great performance of the master painter and sculptor genius by Anthony Hopkins who is a master actor himself adequately next to his young co-stars. I am a great admirer of Picasso myself and I really appreciated all the research to fit every detail in its place to make this kind of biographical film. I'm very fond of the relationship Picasso had with Henry Matisse despite their differences and the competitiveness between them.

Reviewed by SnoopyStyle4 / 10

wrong subject for Merchant Ivory

It's 1943 Paris. Pablo Picasso (Anthony Hopkins) is selling paintings to the Nazis and being the famed artist. Françoise Gilot (Natascha McElhone) meets him as an admirer and becomes his long-time mistress. It's turbulent affair and she would have two kids with him. Her grandmother (Joan Plowright) warns her. The other women in his life includes his bitter wife Olga, Dora Maar (Julianne Moore),and Marie-Thérèse who has a daughter with him.

This is the wrong subject for Merchant Ivory. Their safe harbor is mannered people trying to restrain their inner turmoil. Picasso's turmoil is not interior. It is exterior. This movie needs flamboyance. Picasso is excessive in every ways. This contrast completely with the reserved nature of a Merchant Ivory movies. Hopkins has the acting power but the movie struggles to harness that power.

Reviewed by rbrb3 / 10

Surviving.....This Tedious and Uninspiring Film

Two hours long; dull and tedious, and what a shame.

Picasso one of the most famous painters of all time yet this movie concentrates on him as an egotist, womanizer and bore.It is mainly about his later life and one tedious affair after another as well as the portrayal of him as totally selfish, whether true or not.

This is someone whose paintings can and do sell for 50 or 100 million US dollars, and like or loath, he was a Genius.

But no where in the picture does it properly:

i) Show us the Secret of his Genius;

or,

ii) Illustrate fully or sufficiently the artistry of his genius.

If one is going to make a movie about an Icon, give us some

inspiration please....

3/10

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