Max (2002)

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago at May 8 13:40

A concept that I’ve always amazed hasn’t been cashed in on more. This film tells the story of a 30 something Adolf Hitler struggling to find his calling in life after fighting at the front line in world war one. Hitler (Noah Taylor) befriends a rich Jewish art dealer Max Rothman (John Cusack) who also served in the war and finds a common sympathy for Hitler’s sense of a lack of belonging and frustrations at the world around him in which he can’t quite find a place. Rothman isn’t overly convinced with Hitler’s art but sees potential in his passion and vision, if only he can manage to harness it and project that onto the canvas. Ever more frustrated at his inability to express himself visually, and at the Government for so submissively being beaten by the ‘Treaty of Versai...Read more

Rating : 7/10