Art masterpiece

Rating: 9/10 (20 September 2005)

Alexander by Oliver Stone is one of the most beautiful film I ever saw.The art dept really did a fantastic job not only in truthful recreation of the past, but also in inventing the costumes and props of long gone civilizations and tribes that left almost nothing materially.The incredible precision and accuracy of the sets and costumes in breathtaking. I believe they based there research on the writings of Plutarque, the most descriptive book we have on this half-God. The screenplay is very close to the real story. I have only two reserves; First, the man-to-man sexual relations were not like today, cruising cute guys with smiles and civility. They were generals and soldiers fighting and killing all day long.Their intimate relations were more about masculine enhancement and virility, measuring strengh and loyalty.
The other one is the blond hair of Alexander. We know from the mosaic in Lybia that he had paler streaks in his hair. But to make him a blond person reveal the influence of the German history of Alexander written in the '30.