Wagner
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Time Out says
Palmer's 5-hour biopic of Wagner (nine hours in the TV version) is a long haul for anyone: sumptuous, overblown, lumbering, and riddled with narrative non sequiturs. The strangest aspect is that the music often seems peripheral rather than central, relegated to being film music as though we might as well be watching a biopic about Ennio Morricone. The visuals are splendid and you can play spot the cast, but somehow it's all a bit sub-Ken Russell, without the redeeming vulgarity and with a lot less cinematic energy.Author: SM
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UK release:
1983
Duration:
300 mins
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Cast:
Arthur Lowe, Joan Plowright, Ronald Pickup, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, László Gálffi, Gemma Craven, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Burton, Franco Nero
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