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CUBAN POET

Today's film was a reviewing of Julian Schnabel's

Before Night Falls (2001)

with Javier Bardem as Reinaldo Arenas, the Cuban writer who was imprisoned and then expelled from Cuba in the Mariel boat lift.

He died at 47 in New York with his lover and companion (Diego Luna). AIDS. Assisted suicide.

This is a powerful, sexy film with lots to watch. It has breath.

I saw it before. It was a five. This is its return. It is still a five.

I meant to play it with the other two Schnabel films, last week but this disc was bad and I had to get a replacement.

Labels: films