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TWO FEATURE FILMS ABOUT MODIGLIANI, film reviews

Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920, aka 'Modi') is a representative of the 'tormented modern artist-genius' who suffered for his art and died prematurely. He was a School of Paris painter and sculptor of Italian-Jewish origin, who became popular after his death because of his distinctive but mannered and melancholy portraits, erotic female nudes with sinuous outlines, and his primitivistic carved heads influenced by Brancusi and African tribal art. His poverty-stricken, dissolute bohemian life (poor health, womanising, drink and drugs, lack of sales) in the artist quarters of Paris from 1906 to 1920 and his tragic early death from tubercular meningitis at the age of 35, followed by the suicide of his pregnant mistress Jeanne Hébuterne, all contributed to his present mythic status. Another factor in such myths is the poignancy of the artists' fame and the commercial success of their works once they no longer profit from them. Modigliani has been portrayed in memoirs, novels, plays, television documentaries and biopic movies. Examples of the latter include Montparnasse 19 (1958) in which Gérard Philipe played the artist; Modì (1990), directed by Franco Brogi Taviani and starring the French film star Richard Berry as Modigliani; and Modigliani (2004) in which the American Latino actor Andy Garcia played the role of the artist. Two of these biopics will now be considered in more detail.

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