One of the great, sadly underrated biopics. Being a Ken Russell movie, it's bound to be an outlandish narrative, but compared to many of his other works about real world artists, this one is actually fairly accurate.
Rudolf Nureyev is very good and likable in the lead role, although there are times when his thick "Italian" accent is incredibly hard to understand. Still, his performance gets the message across.
Easily one of my favorite Russell flicks, although that seems to be the case any time I watch one of his movies.
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One of the great, sadly underrated biopics. Being a Ken Russell movie, it's bound to be an outlandish narrative, but compared to many of his other works about real world artists, this one is actually fairly accurate.Rudolf Nureyev is very good and likable in the lead role, although there are times when his thick "Italian" accent is incredibly hard to understand. Still, his performance gets the message across.
Easily one of my favorite Russell flicks, although that seems to be the case any time I watch one of his movies.