Donatello Movie Reviews

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Donatello - The First Modern Sculptor
Released in DVD by Image Entertainment (14 August, 2001)
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Starring: Elizabeth Frink and Peter Rockwell
So pervasive is the hand of the gifted sculptor in this docu-biography, he could have earned an end credit. For Donatello: The First Modern Sculptor is a portrait much like he might have sculpted, rich in detail with a story steeped in historical context. The stately art lesson is also part travelogue. The camera moves from Florence to Siena, Venice, Padua, and London, lingering on awe-inspiring works by the "most versatile artist of his or perhaps any century." A narrator reads from church and tax records to fill in little- known details about Donatello, while three contemporary artists comment on the Renaissance master's techniques. (Most notably, Peter Rockwell explains how the artist "drew" on marble.) The star attractions, though, are the dozens of close- ups of pieces by an artist who could bring stone to life. --Valerie J. Nelson
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A genius
Charles Avery is perhaps one of the best art historians today. His biography of Donatello is an endearing book. Since he wrote the script, it will be of no surprise that this DVD is a treasure. Donatello was a charismatic character, precursor of all the greatest artists including painters and sculptors who lived during his time. To be able to see all of Donatello's works in one sitting is Charles Avery's gift to the arts and to humanity.

Journey to Kafiristan
Released in DVD by Wolfe Video (01 July, 2003)
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Directors: Fosco Dubini and Donatello Dubini
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Journey To Ka-Boring-Stan
After catching the advertisement for this one in the Advocate, I bought this movie as a surprise gift for my fiancee, thinking we would have a gem of a time viewing the cross-dressing butchies Journey to Karfiristan, rich with sublime desert imagery and steamy lesbian action.

No such luck. ...

THIS MOVIE IS A BORE and ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAPPENS!!!

I don't care if this is a divine chronicle of some notable women I have never heard of before or since...The movie seems little more than an exercise in free foreign travel for those who star in it, despite the actors best efforts to make something out of nothing.

With every frame that passes, you will wait... and wait... and wait... for SOMETHING to happen.
You will be amazed and become bewildered at just how very little of nothing ever happens.
And then you will become so very frustrated that you wasted your time waiting... and waiting... and waiting... for SOMETHING to happen, and once you have reached the end of this boring film and are absolutely distraught with disappointment, you will realize that you should have trusted me, and saved yourself the two-hours-plus you spent WAITING during this film.

Spend your time in this life wisely, and skip this trip.

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F.W.I. - I wanted to give NO STARS for this one, because it SUCKED SO TERRIBLY, but Amazon made me give at least one star to write this review.

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Journey to WHERE?
We went out on a limb buy ordering this movie without anyone we knew ever seeing it. We did the same when we purchased "Amiee & Jaguar". A & J was a wonderful foreign film! This one unfortunately was not. Through the whole movie we were awaiting something...anything of excitement to happen - nothing ever did. The scenery was ok but not fantastic and definitely not cool enough to overshadow the boring script.

We say DON'T BUY with this one. Borrow it from someone else who was brave enough to buy it and save your $20!

"OUR JOURNEY WAS THE DEVIATION"
In the months leading up to the Second World War, two women travel from Switzerland to Afghanistan to study an elusive nomadic tribe in Kafiristan. Writer Annamarie Schwartzenbach and researcher Ella Maillart embark on a journey that is both physical and emotional as they discover their own hopes and dreams. Unfortunately this film failed to capture my interest and was rather dull. Aside from the stunning cinematography of the Middle East and the (very) sexy Annamarie, JOURNEY TO KAFIRISTAN is a slow story with little insights of the human condition to offer the audience. I hesitate to recommend this film to others.

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