Both trifles and structure are tossed out the door by director Ken Russell in this film. Here, historical content matters less than metaphors, feelings, emotions, and interpretations. Pay close attention, as every word and frame is intended to be important. The film takes place on a single train ride, in which the sickly composer Gustav Mahler and his wife Alma confront the reasons behind their faltering marriage and dying love. Each word evokes memories of the past, so the a... (Full plot summary below)
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Both trifles and structure are tossed out the door by director Ken Russell in this film. Here, historical content matters less than metaphors, feelings, emotions, and interpretations. Pay close attention, as every word and frame is intended to be important. The film takes place on a single train ride, in which the sickly composer Gustav Mahler and his wife Alma confront the reasons behind their faltering marriage and dying love. Each word evokes memories of the past, so the audience witnesses events of Mahler's life that somewhat explain his present state. Included are his turbulent and dysfunctional family life as a child, his discovery of solace in the "natural" world, his brother's suicide, his (unwanted) conversion from Judaism to Catholicism, his rocky marriage, and the death of their young child. The movie weaves in and out of dreams, flashbacks, thoughts, and reality as Russell poetically describes the man behind the music.
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| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeThis is filmmaking -- and filmmaking of a kind we've rarely seen. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThough the film like Mahler's music is clearly not for everyone it, nevertheless, rises in a crescendo of brilliant spectacle to overwhelm the usual timid biopic. |
| User ReviewJames GThe strangest and the most awkward fiction on the composer. A must see for all Mahler fans. |
| User ReviewMallory AKen Russell's MAHLER has sadly seemingly been forgotten. This is cinematic art. |
| User ReviewJeffrey DOne of the greatest of music artist biographies, a classic that ranks up there with the best of Ken Russell's films. |
| User ReviewJonny PThis is the second time I've watched this film, and I still find it just as wonderfully weird this second time around, very atmospheric and moving, love the parts where melancholy is present, it somehow screams loudly in its expression, although subtle and understated at the same time..Nice soundtrack too.. |
| User ReviewEric RKen Russell's Mahler takes place on a single train ride between Gustav Mahler and his wife, Alma, as they confront the reasons for their faltering marriage and love for one and other. Besides this shell of a structure, Russell opts to through all narrative out the window, focusing on Mahler's emotions and feelings which lead him to where he is. Through a ton of flashbacks, some very surreal, we see how Mahler's past has shaped his present. I really like this idea of Mahler's personal life being in turmoil because of his art. The film shows us how he sacrifices everything-His marriage, his children, his religion for the sake of his music. There are so many memorable scenes from Mahler's interpretation of his death, capturing all the insecurities and pessimism, to the sequence where Mahler embraces Catholicism, which was just hilarious and fun. Russell's disdain for Catholicism is in full effect during that sequence. Pretty much every frame, every composition has a purpose in showing us something about Mahler's life. The scene where he witnesses his father cheating on his mother is a perfect example of Russell's heave use of symbolism-the pitch fork laying perfectly on the center of the young boy's forehead, the image piercing deep into a young Mahler's mind. From an emotional standpoint, I found sequences to be incredibly effective, particularly the small scene about the death of his daughter. I found this film to be more focused and less zany than films like Lisztomania and Tommy, and while I like those films a lot too, this one reached me far more on an emotional level. Thinking about it, this could very well be my favorite film of Kevin Russell's which I have seen.. |
| User ReviewChris FWatch this film and you will be hooked on Mahler. Ken did his homework and it is true to the genius of the man. |
| User ReviewWalter XWhat can I say? A great movie on Mahler, not a very straightforward biography like what most people might expect. Instead, Russell does makes it into an art film, we see sudden flashbacks, dreams, visions... and it was those things that kept the movie interesting. Robert Powell came off as a convincing Mahler, and Hale fulfilled her role adequately. The entire movie is richly score with Mahler's music, Haitink and Concertgebouw are essential to the success of this movie. |
| User ReviewBarry CAnother great Ken Russell film this time with one of my favourite actresses - Georgina Hale! |
