What a conundrum. Do I see this truncated cut of NAPOLEON this weekend like I planned or wait for the “complete” version to drop on Apple TV+ (whenever that’s slated to happen)?
Napoleon is such a fascinating figure it's a shame to reduce him such as this movie seems to. Oh well, still excited to see it even if I will bore my movie companions afterwards with my historical complaints!
I really loved the performances in Maestro and was enjoying the film a lot while I was watching it - knowing essentially nothing about Bernstein coming in (save his perhaps misguided mentorship of Lydia Tár). But looking him up later I was struck by how the film omits the couple's political activism. It seems to have been a major part of their lives and yet you'd think watching that they were almost completely apolitical. It's such a weird choice to leave that out, particularly when including it could show the shared values that helped make their relationship work.
And, as the title suggests, we learn more about Bernstein than Montealegre. Or at least have to fill in a lot of blanks ourselves, as with that fleeting reference to pills and the brief shot of her popping one.
What a conundrum. Do I see this truncated cut of NAPOLEON this weekend like I planned or wait for the “complete” version to drop on Apple TV+ (whenever that’s slated to happen)?
I mean, it’s probably your only chance to get the full big-screen spectacle.
Point taken.
Napoleon is such a fascinating figure it's a shame to reduce him such as this movie seems to. Oh well, still excited to see it even if I will bore my movie companions afterwards with my historical complaints!
I really loved the performances in Maestro and was enjoying the film a lot while I was watching it - knowing essentially nothing about Bernstein coming in (save his perhaps misguided mentorship of Lydia Tár). But looking him up later I was struck by how the film omits the couple's political activism. It seems to have been a major part of their lives and yet you'd think watching that they were almost completely apolitical. It's such a weird choice to leave that out, particularly when including it could show the shared values that helped make their relationship work.
And, as the title suggests, we learn more about Bernstein than Montealegre. Or at least have to fill in a lot of blanks ourselves, as with that fleeting reference to pills and the brief shot of her popping one.