Why BTC Excels

Rating: 7/10 (16 June 2013)

Its not very clear from the huge advertisements circling the world around us and the internet, but Behind the Candelabra is a very graphic film. The director, Steven Soderbergh, is very ignorant to the traditional men of values and pushes the intimacy and the unravels the unknown mystery of who is Liberace.
Matt Damon is an orphan, abandoned by an untrustworthy mother, who never feels at home with his foster home despite his appreciation for what they have done for him. He finds solace with the great piano player Liberace and they start a gay love affair.
One may try to relate this film to another successful homosexual hit Brokeback Mountain, but the very message of hidden secrets, fame and possessions all spin off into a completely new horizon. Though one must not compare these two movies as they are rarely alike.
Matt Damon brings across an excellent portrayal of a bisexual behind-the-scenes aficionado for Liberace who in return acts as a father to him. Despite the intense love affair, there is clearly a sort of sixth-sense father-son bond binding these two together.
Some scenes triumphed for emotional intensity but this isn't a film about love between two gay men. This is a movie about two men who use each other to fill a void left in them from temporarily places in their histories.