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Rating: Null/10 (11 May 2002)

I dont mind length, and am not going to say I dont "get" this movie. Its certainly a beautiful looking film, but in the end there is no catharsis, as in Malcolm X or any one of David Lean's big three (River Kwai, Lawrence, Zhivago). The technique of this film seems to be more being long enough that by the end you remember the beginning like a distant memory. If you want to see what Bertolucci can really do, see The Conformist or Last Tango in Paris.