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Mood:
- AtmosphericRoughStylizedCaptivating
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Plot:
- Head of StateBetrayalVengeanceViolence SpreeRoyal FamilyDeadlyDishonestyLife is a Bitch more...
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Genres:
- DramaPeriodIndependentWar
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Time/Period:
- Ancient History
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Place:
- ItalyRome
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Praise:
- Award Winner
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Style:
- Surreal
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Based on:
- Based on Play
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Flag:
- NuditySexual ContentStrong Violent Content
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Titus, 1999
English, Latin
Italy, USA, UK
Profile of Titus
The mood of Titus is stylized, atmospheric, and rough. The plot centers around a head of state, a royal family, and a violence spree. It is a drama, independent, and period movie. Stylistically, Titus is surreal. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The setting is Rome. Titus happens in ancient times. It is adapted from a play. The movie is known for being an award winner. Note that Titus includes strong violent content, nudity, and sexual content.
Summary of Titus
Based on Shakespeare's TITUS ANDRONICUS (one of the Bard's lesser-known and most gruesome works), director Taymor (Broadway's THE LION KING) brings this adaptation to life with dazzling imagery and haunting immediacy. Titus (Hopkins) is a victorious Roman general who makes two mistakes: supporting the wily Saturninus (Cumming) as the new Emperor, and wronging Tamora, Queen of the Goths (Lange), by killing her eldest son. Murder follows murder as the tides of fate change, as Tamora is aided by her two reckless sons and her Moor lover, Aaron (Lennix). The body count is raised higher and higher until Titus finally holds a very special dinner banquet. Taymor's bold visual sense verges on absurdity, but her sense of morality, as well as powerful acting by Hopkins and company, combine to tell a powerful, violent tale.
Details
| Language: | English, Latin |
| Country: | Italy, USA, UK |
| Release date: | 11 February 2000 |
| Runtime: | 162 min |
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as Titus Andronicus
as Tamora
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Critics Reviews
Chicago Tribune
Once you get used to the broad gestures, visual stylings and reach-for-the-sky emotions, you may find yourself luxuriating in this movie's undeniable grandeur.
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- by: John Petrakis
Philadelphia Inquirer
Visually brilliant and thought-provoking.
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- by: Desmond Ryan
Users Reviews
I had to watch this film for one of my film studies classes that looks at violence in film and analyze what the film does with violence. Julie Taymor takes Shakespeare's bloodiest plays and makes the violence look beautiful. One cannot help but...
- 25.March.2009
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- by: JuPru
- JuPru rated this movie
10/10Must See
