(Drivebycuriosity) - In the recent 2 centuries lived two men who conquered most of Europe and led a disastrous military campaign into Russia, destroying the lives of many millions. One of them is still popular: Napoleon.
Ridley Scott`s movie "Napoleon" had just 2 hours 38 minutes to tell the conqueror`s complex story ( imdb). The director and script writer David Scarpa did a good job and Joaquin Phoenix personified Napoleon convincingly. The actor seems to be specialist for playing troubled men ("Joker", "Fredie" in the "Master" ). His acting reminded me specially of his role in "Gladiator", where he played Cesar Commudus, a similar egomaniac.
The cinematography was the icing in the cake: "The Emperor" conversing in the Egyptian desert with the mummy of a Pharao, the icy graves at Austerlitz or the lethal choreography at Waterloo were pieces of art and bloody entertainment.
An afterthought: What would have Kubrick created if he would have been able to realize his long-year Napoleon project?
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