Showing posts with label The Agony and the Ecstasy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Agony and the Ecstasy. Show all posts

Sunday, April 06, 2008

The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)

Last night Charlton Heston died at age 84. He is not an actor I fancy much but I wanted to watch 'The Agony...' for a long time. The movie itself I find very weak, somewhere near a documentary with all the poor and pretentious talk I can imagine. 'I'll die for my work' - Michelangelo exhibits mood swings worthy of some capricious wench rather then a passionate and focused artist. Read the book - it is much better.