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Frida [DVD] [2003]

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  • Actors: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush, Mía Maestro, Amelia Zapata
  • Directors: Julie Taymor
  • Writers: Anna Thomas, Clancy Sigal, Diane Lake, Gregory Nava, Hayden Herrera
  • Producers: Amy Slotnick, Ann Ruark
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English, Italian, German
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
  • DVD Release Date: 16 Feb 2004
  • Run Time: 118 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00007KGCH
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,961 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Salma Hayek makes up for many bad movies with her fierce performance in the sumptuous biopic Frida. Hayek plays the Mexican surrealist painter Frida Kahlo, whose tempestuous life with her unfaithful husband, muralist Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina), drives the story. Maverick director Julie Taymor (Titus, the stage production of The Lion King) pulls out a wealth of gorgeous visuals to capture everything from the horrific bus accident that damaged Kahlo's spine to her and Rivera's trip to New York City, where Rivera's political leanings ruptured a commission from the Rockefeller family. Though the script spends too much time telling us how great Frida's painting is (rather than trusting in the power of the images themselves), Taymor's dynamic energy and Kahlo's forceful personality give Frida genuine emotional impact. The superb cast includes Roger Rees, Valeria Golino, Ashley Judd, Geoffrey Rush, Antonio Banderas and Edward Norton. The Oscar-winning score is by Taymor's husband, Elliot Goldenthal. --Bret Fetzer


From the studio

· A Conversation with Salma Hayek

· Feature Commentary with Julie Taymor

· Feature Commentary with Elliot Goldenthal


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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars a work of art, a piece of history, 18 Jan 2003
By Alejandra Vernon "artist & illustrator" (Long Beach, California) - See all my reviews
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This is the best artist biopic I have seen, and it's a remarkable achievement for Salma Hayek, and director Julie Taymor.
Based ( with certain fictionalizations) on the excellent Hayden Herrera biography, the re-creation of Mexico in the first half of the 20th century is a marvel.
The cast is wonderful. Hayek is perfect as the petite Frida, and Alfred Molina so believable as Rivera. There are small parts filled in by Edward Norton, Ashley Judd, and Antonio Banderas, and with Geoffrey Rush as Trotsky.
I especially like the acclaimed Welsh actor, Roger Rees, as Guillermo, Frida's father, and beautiful Valeria Golino, as Rivera's ex-wife.

The soundtrack by Elliot Goldenthal (Taymor's husband) is terrific, full of traditional Mexican songs that add so much to this film.
The magnificent Lila Downs sings several songs (she is briefly seen in 3 of them), and among them is a signature song for her, "La Llorona"...a second version of this song is sung by the legendary Costa Rican star of years gone by, Chavela Vargas, and another treat is the voice of Caetano Veloso in the final end title song.

Perhaps my favorite part of this film are the "living paintings". Innovative and spectacular, I think Frida would have loved this added dimension to her work. The film ends with the final words from her diary: "I hope the exit is joyful--and I hope never to come back--Frida".

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars "Acid and tender, hard as steel, fine as a butterfly's wing", 14 Oct 2004
By Mary Whipple (New England) - See all my reviews
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Artist Frida Kahlo's paintings are a visual diary of her life--as a revolutionary, as the wife of Diego Rivera, and as a woman in constant pain. Injured in a bus accident as a young woman, she endured over thirty surgeries, unremitting physical agony, and injuries which left her unable to bear a child, but she also endured the pain of a notoriously unfaithful husband. As she once told him, "There were two big accidents in my life. You are the worst."

Salma Hayek, as Frida, is both tough and vulnerable, showing Frida's spontaneous, physical approach to life and her passionate dedication--to Diego, to her hard-edged paintings, and to communist philosophy. Alfred Molina, as Diego, a man who "belongs only to himself," is warm, funny, often protective, and utterly impossible as a husband. An established muralist with many commissions when he first meets her, he encourages her artistic goals, explaining, "I paint what I see--the world outside. You paint from your heart." Married, divorced, and later remarried, Frida and Diego, as we see them here, are both mutually supportive and mutually destructive.

Hayden Herrera's biography of Frida is the basis for the Clancy Sigal and Diane Lake screenplay, which emphasizes Frida's pain and her ways of dealing with it--through drink, her work, and through sex, with both women and men, including Leon Trotsky, in exile in Mexico. The settings from the 1920s and 1930s are brilliantly colorful--a bright blue house with a garden of peacocks, monkeys, and colored birds; the worksites of Rivera's passionate and brightly colored murals; and locations in Mexico City and New York. Lively Mexican music plays throughout, with new music (Elliot Goldenthall) inserted to unify scenes, the piano music being especially memorable. The cinematography (Roderigo Prieto) takes full advantage of the architecture and the color, which is enhanced by the vibrant clothing, jewelry, and hair adornments worn by Frida.

Director Julie Taymor features many of Frida's paintings, and some of Diego Rivera's murals throughout, using them to connect the artists' inner and outer worlds. On several occasions, however, there are jarring intrusions of cartoons and nightmares--people walk through a photograph, which shifts to black and white; King Kong in a film morphs into Diego Rivera; a trip to New York becomes a walk through travel brochures. Unfortunately, the style of these vignettes is so unexpected and foreign to the tone of this film that they feel intrusive, even arch. Hayek and Molina are outstanding in conveying the torment of Frida and Diego Rivera, however, and the film, overall, is a fascinating study of two artists living through the tumult of history and each other. Mary Whipple

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Frida is a masterpiece, all must see, 16 Dec 2002
Whether you are an art historian and fully acquainted with the work and story of Frida Kahlo, or like myself fully blank on her history and willing to search out a movie that isn't made by the usual Hollywood mush factories, either way you will be refreshed, thrilled, and brought to tears by this film. Salma is of course impossibly beautiful, and brilliant. The script is sometimes wooden in the manner of an old but sweet movie, the actors moisten it and bring it to life without a struggle. Visually stupendious, grave, frivolous and well capable of bringing the viewer back to a bygone era, the mix of simplicity with unexpectedly advanced effects is stunning. Goldenthahl's soundtrack is accomplished and well worth seeking out as a separate item, to listen to again and again.
Whether or not this film was faithful to history (I don't know), it has accomplished something extremely valuable and should stand as such, immune to pedants picking at its adherence to detail.
Frida is a beautiful movie.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely fascinating
I had vaguely heard about Frida Khalo and thought it's about time I did some research about this woman. Read more
Published 2 months ago by LadyDee

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you! Great product & delivery!
Great product, arrived in perfect condition with really fast delivery.
Thank you so much - would thoroughly recommend!
Published 4 months ago by Ms. S. Elliott

5.0 out of 5 stars a spiritual selfdiscovery through a cinematic masterpiece
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Selma Hayek is a revelation in this exquisitely staged bi-opic of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo which dramatises her unconventional marriage to the muralist Diego Rivera and her... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Simon Broadley

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous!
Totally loved this film! It's just what i needed to give me a more clear insight on the life and works of Frida Kahlo. Read more
Published on 8 Mar 2007 by Musammot Monwara Rahman

5.0 out of 5 stars You can get lost in this Bio-Pic
You can immediately feel that you are a part of history and even when you know their (Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera) story you still get surprised amused and amazed. Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2006 by bernie

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good account of Frida's life
For anyone not familiar with the life of this Mexican painter, this film might seem a bit weird. However, having read her biography and having seen her paintings, I found this... Read more
Published on 20 Mar 2006 by The Cat Vet

5.0 out of 5 stars The best film I have seen for years!
The amazing visuals and wonderful mexican music are fantastic. As well as the insight you get into the mexican culture. Read more
Published on 16 Mar 2006 by Vodkabite

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The bright colours that fill the frames of this film are
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