After having collected voting bulletins of prominent films of films from around the world, the New York Times released what they are declaring “The 100 best films of the 21st century”, granting first place to “Parasite” by Bong Joon-Ho with Magnum Opus “Mulholland Drive” by David Lynch in second place.
As entertaining as to start guiding on this “final” list, the real pleasure has just obtained the individual ballots that the participants sent. They give us an enlightening look at a filmmaker or a particular actor, such as the way Julianne Moore thinks “Superbad” and “The 40 -year -old Virgin” are among the best films of the century (they are).
These individual ballots also give us a chance to appreciate other little films that have not cut, like how Flight of the Conchords and “What We do in the Shadows” The list of Jemaine Clement highlights the excellent Iranian Vampire film “A Girl Walks Home Alone at night.”
Through all these ballots, there is a film that is unique among all the others because it is the rare TV movie to include in several voting ballots as one of the best films of the 21st century: the HBO film by Stephen Soderbergh “Behind the Candelabra”.
Behind the candelabras shows us the real Liberace
Stephen Soderbergh’s career is marked by decades of experimentation, and with “Behind the Candelabra”, he took a resolutely anchored look at one of the most flamboyant personalities in America. The film follows Liberace at the top of his reputation, thanks to his residence in Las Vegas, and explores his efforts to hide his homosexuality from his worshipers when he is passionate about his young person and impressionable driver.
Liberace, played by Michael Douglas, is an undeniable star, and the performance of Matt Damon as a love Scott Thorson is just as convincing, playing a young man who is happy to be a recipient of Liberace’s love while fighting to maintain his own self -image while Liberace transforms it both literally and figuratively.
It is not only a fantastic biopic, but one of the best films of the very long and varied career of Soderbergh. And while fans like Josh Safdie, Gia Coppola and Naomie Harris nominated the film as part of their voting bullets, the Soderbergh film to make the New York Times list is its starry caper “Ocean’s Eleven,” it is rightly deserving from the film in the studio, but it is sad to see an appearance on the list.
However, it is difficult to imagine that Soderbergh pays him too much mind. He had an extremely busy year, having already published two films this year, the film haunted in the first person “Presence” and the film by romantic spy Twisdy “Black Bag”, with a third film which will take place in just a few months.
So take the time and savor this spectacular look behind the curtain, looking at “behind the candelabra” on HBO Max. It is really one of the best of the 21st century.
