30.10.11

valentino (1977)


"He moves like a tiger."
Russell again brings his inimitable style and overload to the biopic. This time Rudolph Valentino (Rudolf Nureyev), the silent movie star that caused such an outpouring of grief with his premature death in 1926.
An entertaining, if over long picture. Nureyev has an animal grace, and gives a surprisingly competent performance, though lacking that certain spark that would suggest he would send the women wild with desire.

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