During his lifetime, Edvard Munch was Norway’s most controversial and critically reviled artist. He was also something of an enigma, and the fact that Peter Watkins’ remarkable 1974 documentary was able to give the mystery of Munch some clarity is one of the many reasons the film is so fascinating to watch. With the menu option to view the film in two parts or to play it for the whole uninterrupted three and a half hours, there might be an understandable feeling of dread when this disc first slips into the blu-ray player, but you’ve really no need to worry. This is a very fine film indeed.
Beginning at the start of Munch’s life when the young Edvard almost died from consumption (a disease that killed both his mother and his little sister), the film quickly follows him into adulthood where, as a struggling painter, Munch’s doomed affair with a married woman was unconsciously
from Horror and Sci Fi Magazines http://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/dvd-and-blu-ray-home-entertainment-reviews/16182-edvardmunch
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