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Frida
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Movie
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Book: Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo (1983)
Movie: Frida (2002)
If you want to know more about the real Frida
Kahlo, here's an interesting link:
http://www.fridakahlo.it/
Premise
movie:
"Salma Hayek makes up for many bad movies with her
fierce performance in this sumptuous film. Hayek plays the Mexican
surrealist painter Frida Kahlo, whose tempestuous life with her
unfaithful husband, muralist Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina), drives
the story of Frida. Maverick director Julie Taymor (Titus, the
Broadway stage production of The Lion King) pulls out a wealth of
gorgeous visuals to capture everything from the horrific bus
accident that damaged Kahlo's spine to her and Rivera's trip to New
York City, where Rivera's political leanings ruptured a commission
from the Rockefeller family. Though the script spends too much time
telling us how great Frida's painting is (rather than trusting in
the power of the images themselves), Taymor's dynamic energy and
Kahlo's forceful personality give Frida genuine emotional impact.
The superb cast includes Roger Rees, Valeria Golino, Ashley Judd,
Geoffrey Rush, Antonio Banderas, and Edward Norton."
from:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JLPK/
103-7170189-4092622?v=glance
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Premise
book:
"In Frida, art historian Hayden Herrera vividly
portrays of a woman of strength, talent, humor, and endurance. Frida
Kahlo (1907-54) was born in Mexico City, the child of a Mexican
mother and a German father. Her early years were influenced by the
turmoil of the Mexican Revolution and a bout with polio, but Frida
remained spirited, resilient, and mischievous. Her father, a
photographer, encouraged Frida's artistic interests, and her
education at an elite school drew her to new ideas and to a group of
irreverent radicals who would become some of Mexico's most respected
intellectuals. When she was nineteen, Frida's life was transformed
when the bus in which she was riding was hit by a trolley car.
Pierced by a steel handrail and broken in many places, Frida entered
a long period of convalescence during which she began to paint self-portraits. In 1928, at twenty-one, Frida joined the Communist party
and came to know Diego Rivera. The forty-one-year-old Rivera,
Mexico's most famous painter, was impressed by the force of Frida's
personality and by the authenticity of her art, and the two soon
married. Though they were devoted to each other, intermittent
affairs on both sides, Frida's grief over her inability to bear a
child, and her frequent illnesses made the marriage tumultuous.
Hayden Herrera - combining biographical research, Frida's own
letters, and analyses of Frida's paintings - illuminates and
amplifies Frida Kahlo's life story, her importance as an artist, and
her ultimate triumph over tragedy."
from:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060085894/
103-7170189-4092622
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Author:
"Hayden Herrera is an art historian. She has lectured
widely, curated several exhibitions of art, taught Latin American
art at New York University, and has been awarded a Guggenheim
Fellowship. She is the author of numerous articles and reviews for
such publications as Art in America, Art Forum, Connoisseur, and the
New York Times, among others. Her books include Frida: A Biography
of Frida Kahlo; Mary Frank; and Matisse: A Portrait. She is working
on a critical biography of Arshile Gorky. She lives in New York
City. "
from:
http://www.harperacademic.com/catalog/
author_xml.asp?authorID=4435
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Director:
Julie Taymor
Cast:
Salma Hayek (Frida Kahlo ), Mía Maestro (Cristina
Kahlo), Amelia Zapata (Maid), Alejandro Usigli (Professor), Diego Luna
(Alejandro Gonzalez Arias), Alfred Molina (Diego Rivera), Lucia
Bravo (Auditorium Model), Valeria Golino (Lupe Marín),
Patricia Reyes Spíndola (Matilde Kahlo), Loló Navarro (Nanny), Roger
Rees (Guillermo Kahlo) and others.
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