Immortal Beloved

IMDB: Immortal Beloved
Source: Netflix
Date viewed: December 25, 2007

Beethoven was a genius beyond compare. The details of his life are unimportant and irrelevant compared to the contribution he made to the output of human beings on this planet. Still, it is somewhat interesting to see what one person thinks his life might have been like. I enjoyed the movie. The soundtrack was good, too. - T

The movie, which presents Beethoven as a difficult character, begs an interesting question: how much wackiness and temper is necessary to, or forgivable in a genius? The movie doesn't really tackle the question, but the soundtrack may answer it. - A