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Michael AlmereydaScreenplay:
Michael AlmereydaCinematography:
Sean Price WilliamsComposer:
John PaesanoCast:
Ethan Hawke, Eve Hewson, Kyle MacLachlan, Donnie Keshawarz, Rebecca Dayan, Jim Gaffigan, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Josh Hamilton, Lucy Walters, Dan Bittner (more)VOD (1)
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Brilliant, brooding inventor Nikola Tesla (Ethan Hawke) fights an uphill battle to bring his revolutionary electrical system to fruition. Increasingly displeased by the greed of fellow inventor Thomas Edison (Kyle MacLachlan), Tesla forges his own virtuous but arduous path toward creating the innovative alternate-current motor. His European nature is at odds with budding American industrialism, and the landscape of intellectual property is treacherous - and Tesla slowly becomes jailed in his overactive mind. His associate Anne Morgan (Eve Hewson) analyzes and presents his story as it unfolds, offering a distinctly modern voice in this scientific period drama. (Sundance Film Festival)
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A quite unconventionally conceived biopic that has its pros and cons, but gets stuck somewhere in the middle. I'm a bit disappointed, especially with the use of modern popular music, which is very inappropriate for the period in which Nikola Tesla lived. Especially at the end of the film, when Ethan Hawke tries to sing like a rock star. That really went over the line. The greatest value of this peculiar piece lies in highlighting the universally valid fact that exceptional historical figures often spent their last years in poverty and loneliness unless they embraced the idea of properly capitalizing on the talent they were endowed with. Thomas Alva Edison was probably quite a scoundrel in this regard, and Nikola Tesla, on the other hand, was an eternal dreamer, which in a way made him somewhat foolish. It's really disgusting how our world works. (55%)
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