I saw this two or three times when it came out in 1986 and many times later at art movie revival houses that often played it. It would always surprise me with new material that I hadn't noticed or understood the first few times I saw it. I bought the DVD when it came out and watched it many more times with friends who had never see it.
I haven't thought about it in the last five or six years, but the actor Julian Sands, who plays the poet Percy Shelly, was found dead after a mountain climbing accident. Natasha Richardson who plays Mary Shelley died tragically young at age 46 in a hunting accident.
This is a masterclass in acting and both Sands and Richardson that wonderful in it.
I'm disappointed it has such a low rating from so many, but for romantics and lover of 19th century romantic poetry, it is entrancing.
I haven't thought about it in the last five or six years, but the actor Julian Sands, who plays the poet Percy Shelly, was found dead after a mountain climbing accident. Natasha Richardson who plays Mary Shelley died tragically young at age 46 in a hunting accident.
This is a masterclass in acting and both Sands and Richardson that wonderful in it.
I'm disappointed it has such a low rating from so many, but for romantics and lover of 19th century romantic poetry, it is entrancing.