Klimt
Klimt is a 2006 Austrian art-house biographical film about the life of the Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt (1862–1918). It was written and directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz, with an English screenplay adaptation by Gilbert Adair. The director of photography was Ricardo Aronovich, and the music was composed by Jorge Arriagada. The title role is played by John Malkovich and the cast includes Stephen Dillane. Both a 130-minute-long director's cut and a shortened producer's cut of 96 minutes were shown at the 2006 Berlin Film Festival.
Plot
This art house film is presented in the format of a sequence of nearly two dozen often disassociated vignettes taken from the life of Gustav Klimt and visualized by him in his recollection. All of this occurs while he is being treated late in life in hospital using mercury treatments for advanced syphilis which he had contracted earlier in his life. In his advanced age, Klimt has become a leading artist in Vienna and his work is celebrated at all levels of society in Austria.
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| author | Raúl Ruiz |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Paris Vienna |
| director | Raúl Ruiz |
| editor | Valeria Sarmiento |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | advanced art house film draw egon schiele emilie floege even government official illegitimate child late in life love affair mentally ill oil painting open marriage paint special interest syphilis |
| musicBy | Jorge Arriagada |
| producer | Matthew Justice |
| publisher | Box Office Mojo Soda Pictures |
| recordedAt | Cologne Vienna |
| theme | biographical biographical drama psychological drama |