This is a very long and drawn out film, the sort of film where you think 'i could have filmed that in 10 minutes' but it does capture something which no other film I've seen has. We all know about the holocaust and how all the Jews were killed in the concentration camps, but we rarely see or hear about what happened to the other people who died, especially the homosexuals. This film explores this.
It could be classed as a very strange, or 'out there' type of film with the scenes of a bondage filled drag bar to open the film, but it does go on to be something more than that. The film is centered around one man played brilliantly by Clive Owen, named Max. Having being sent to a concentration camp for being a Jew (but actually homosexual which the german guards are unaware of) he soon meets Horst and falls in love in the only way he can without being killed by the Germans. Lothaire Bluteau who plays Horst is simply spectacular in this film and the real highlight of the whole thing for me.
It is hard hitting and emotional and is definitely one to watch, don't fall asleep during the first 20 minutes - it does pick up!
Verdict: 7/10
Ollie's review -
After viewing ‘Bent’, Rosie and I both said it would be
interesting to review. It gave me mixed emotions. On the one hand it’s very
unique in its subject however it has its cons. For one, the concentration camp
seems deserted, just Max, Horst and the guards are the only ones who seem to be
there (the train also seems quite deserted). It seems an inaccurate
representation of the persecution of the gays in Nazi occupied Europe, for one
it doesn’t explore issues such as attitudes of other prisoners (there are none)
or really in much depth that of the guards. It seems that Bent could’ve been a
lot more than it actually was. It could’ve been ground-breaking but it simply
isn’t enough to be so. However there are
some scenes that stick with you, such as the scene on the train where Max is
made to ‘prove’ he isn’t gay and the ‘sex scene’ between the lovers.
Overall it’s enjoyable but had a lot more potential than
this.
Verdict: 6/10
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