This movie is not to be believed. Where to start? It has its art history wrong. It has its politics wrong. It has its psychology wrong.
It even has its idiom wrong. An intellectual German in 1918 saying "I gave at the office" (referring sarcastically to his amputated arm) or "Listen Hitler, the train has left the station" sounds more like John Cusack doing his Grifters shtick and his art dealer character keeps calling everything "Kitsch" which is a totally 1980s New York decorator expression.
Noah Taylor, the actor playing young Hitler, looks like Iggy Pop doing David Bowie or vice versa. In some scenes he sports a germanic accent. In others, such as Hitler's first public speech (one of the few incidents in this travesty to be based on a true event) he turns into a limey. Great. Many waiters I've met feel they are born actors. Mr. Taylor was definitely born to be a waiter.
The greatest travesty has to be Rothman telling Hitler that he must learn to put his feelings on canvas, like Max Ernst does. Good grief! Max Ernst's genius reduced to psychobabble.
0 out of 10 *s.
It even has its idiom wrong. An intellectual German in 1918 saying "I gave at the office" (referring sarcastically to his amputated arm) or "Listen Hitler, the train has left the station" sounds more like John Cusack doing his Grifters shtick and his art dealer character keeps calling everything "Kitsch" which is a totally 1980s New York decorator expression.
Noah Taylor, the actor playing young Hitler, looks like Iggy Pop doing David Bowie or vice versa. In some scenes he sports a germanic accent. In others, such as Hitler's first public speech (one of the few incidents in this travesty to be based on a true event) he turns into a limey. Great. Many waiters I've met feel they are born actors. Mr. Taylor was definitely born to be a waiter.
The greatest travesty has to be Rothman telling Hitler that he must learn to put his feelings on canvas, like Max Ernst does. Good grief! Max Ernst's genius reduced to psychobabble.
0 out of 10 *s.