The film is a documentary about making the film Salome with Al Pacino starring and directing. Pacino informs us the reason he is making a film of the film/play is so he can capture how he feels about the play. Seriously? Isn't that what a director/actor supposed to do without a documentary, by letting the work speak for itself? So was this supposed to be a film about a man who can't direct and act? I thought I had caught the clue.
The production was more of a bio of Oscar Wilde then the play. The bio gets stars, the play does not. The play was performed in the garb of Wilde's time period, for better or worse, in in my case I took it as a worse. Jessica Chastain, looks more Irish, then a a relative of Herod. Again a play done as a tribute to Wilde.
I really couldn't get into what is another artsy Hollywood self gratification film. Pacino didn't impress me. Chastain didn't really dance, but rather whipped around in a frenzy losing her top.
Note: Wilde wrote "Salome" before going to prison. It could not have influenced his writing of the play which he did hastily and in French.
Guide: F-bomb and Nudity (Jessica Chastain)
The production was more of a bio of Oscar Wilde then the play. The bio gets stars, the play does not. The play was performed in the garb of Wilde's time period, for better or worse, in in my case I took it as a worse. Jessica Chastain, looks more Irish, then a a relative of Herod. Again a play done as a tribute to Wilde.
I really couldn't get into what is another artsy Hollywood self gratification film. Pacino didn't impress me. Chastain didn't really dance, but rather whipped around in a frenzy losing her top.
Note: Wilde wrote "Salome" before going to prison. It could not have influenced his writing of the play which he did hastily and in French.
Guide: F-bomb and Nudity (Jessica Chastain)