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The movie's tone is emotionally neutral so, when Turner dies at the end, we don't feel much in the way of loss or remorse. Leigh's style and approach are languid. Many of his takes are long and there are multiple instances in which actions occur with little sound and less dialogue. Leigh and Pope take the "painting" aspect of Turner's life ...
Dec 4, 2014 · Mike Leigh’s film “Mr. Turner,” about the British painter J. M. W. Turner, hews to his palette, style and visual records of places he frequented.
Dec 18, 2014 · Watch a clip from the film "Mr. Turner," starring Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson and Dorothy Atkinson. Photo/Video: Sony Pictures Classics. History tells us that the dying words of the British painter ...
Jan 1, 2015 · Speaking as an art critic, and not a Turner specialist, I found “Mr. Turner” blissfully squirm-free. The main reason: Turner’s selfish personality and single-minded devotion to his art is ...
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- Roberta Smith
Mr. Turner explores the last quarter century of the great if eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851). Profoundly affected by the death of his father, loved by a housekeeper he takes for granted and occasionally exploits sexually, he forms a close relationship with a seaside landlady with whom he eventually lives incognito in Chelsea, where he dies.
Dec 20, 2014 · Mr. Turner, currently in limited release, has Timothy Spall grunting and painting while portraying British landscape artist J.M.W. Turner in Mike Leigh‘s buzzy biopic, roughly spanning the last ...
Sep 5, 2014 · Read Matt's Mr. Turner review from TIFF 2014; Mike Leigh's film stars Timothy Spall, Dorothy Atkinson, Marion Bailey, Martin Savage, and Paul Jesson. Painter J.M.W. Turner, the eponymous subject ...
