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Dec 18, 2018Byond rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
If you just can't get Hart Crane's wonderful poetry out of your head, this will be a natural for you. If your response to his poetry, at least initially, is similar to the young society women transfixed by his reading here, although almost certainly at a loss as to what it is all about, you still might find reason to jump in. That, in part, is because the film is guided by a very respected biography of Crane, and therefore feeds our natural curiosity about how people are and possibly what was in play to allow them to be that way. As I watched, I was reminded of James Dean; later I learned that Franco has received honors for playing that role. This has a remarkably negative rating on Rotten, though the Times man was positive. Some I think are irritated because they smell pretentiousness. Others might be sickened by what they perceive as an irresponsible person. I thought of the phrase, 'Philosophers bake no bread', but man, after all, does not live by bread alone. We've seen many young people, even seeming brilliant ones, check out early. And they produced much beauty in the eyes of many. Varied and beautiful lotuses, floating in their special elements. From another angle, the term 'queer' is used here. That term has faded, in favor of gay. This has not forced people into declaring themselves somber. I wonder if compassion might have allowed a truer acceptance of homosexuality without that change. We have managed to maintain an idea of strength, and an idea of weakness. Just facts.