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is at once playful and haunting , an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends .

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an oddly fascinating depiction

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the sword fighting is well done and auteuil is a goofy pleasure

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beautifully illuminates what it means sometimes to be inside looking out , and at other times outside looking in .
positive