When there are so many questions left unanswered by the tightly paced script ?
I don't understand why IMDB seems to have throttled the FAQ section in its crib on films listings when that used to be one of the most vibrant sections of user commentary.
I would have more appropriately posted this inquiry there but that access is grayed out as unavailable. Specifically, is Paco's (Paesa) painting an actual painting with known title & artist ? From what very little I know about art, I would peg it as a Modigliani, but I know there are others who have worked in that broader, flat style of simplified portraiture. Did the historical figure indeed drag around such a painting as his one sole lasting possession ? If so, did it in fact hang in a place of honor on the wall of the Thermonuclear Disarmament ambassador's residence of his (semi) steady lady friend ?
And that's not even touching the many questions about the facts, whether of the plot or the actual history from which the film was derived, regarding the financial misdealing portrayed. Wonder what that lawyer niece is up to now.
GREAT FILM for anybody who likes to exercise their brain.
I would have more appropriately posted this inquiry there but that access is grayed out as unavailable. Specifically, is Paco's (Paesa) painting an actual painting with known title & artist ? From what very little I know about art, I would peg it as a Modigliani, but I know there are others who have worked in that broader, flat style of simplified portraiture. Did the historical figure indeed drag around such a painting as his one sole lasting possession ? If so, did it in fact hang in a place of honor on the wall of the Thermonuclear Disarmament ambassador's residence of his (semi) steady lady friend ?
And that's not even touching the many questions about the facts, whether of the plot or the actual history from which the film was derived, regarding the financial misdealing portrayed. Wonder what that lawyer niece is up to now.
GREAT FILM for anybody who likes to exercise their brain.