Movie 223/1001 ~ Caravaggio

Filmed in 1986 by Derek Jarman, Caravaggio stars Nigel Terry, Sean Bean, and Tilda Swinton. The movie itself is a largely fictionalized retelling of the life of Caravaggio. This movie is moderately interesting to view, but it is very slowly paced and most of the interesting portions of the plot are largely fictionalized, such as the bisexual nature of the titular character. Furthermore, there are several props used throughout the movie that are not period at all. The film is purported to be set in the 1600s, yet we see some electric lights, a calculator, and an automobile at varying points of the movie. This made little sense at the time and frankly confused the hell out of me. This is apparently an art joke due to the fact that Caravaggio painted biblical portraits with 'modern' clothing styles, but I found the entire thing perplexing and repelling whilst I was watching the film.

**1/2