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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5014138297770
Format: PAL
Number Of Discs: 1
Region Code: 2
Sales Rank: 232492
Theatrical Release Date: November 26, 1997
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Bent debuted onstage in 1979 with Ian McKellen starring in the London production and Richard Gere in its later Broadway version. The film version is adapted by the playwright, Martin Sherman, and closely follows his play's story of two gay concentration camp victims who are sent to Dachau and who fall in love, using their relationship as an emotional crutch in their efforts to rebuff the horror of the Holocaust. Max (Clive Owen), would rather wear a yellow star and proclaim himself a Jew than be lanced with the pink triangle that designates homosexuality. Horst, (Lothaire Bluteau) chastises him for his homophobia. Later the tables turn on Max, who finds--through Horst--the strength both to keep alive indefinitely and to ultimately embrace his sexual identity.
Initially set in a war-ravaged Berlin, Bent is directed by Sean Mathias, who first directed Jude Law in Indiscretions, and he has crafted a film that reminds one of Ian McKellen's Richard III with its spare, stylized, and stark world bombed into rubble and chic theatrical disarray. There are many poignant as well as harrowing scenes, and the result is a somber work that stands as a reminder that intolerance cannot overtake individualism and love. While Bent received an NC-17 rating for depicting Berlin's decadent, anything-goes-for-a-price nightlife, MGM opted not to edit out the tone-setting prelude and pushed to preserve the film's integrity despite a rating that is itself a kind of death for any film that bears it. --Paula Nechak
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Want to understand hate?
Hate is alive and well in our very own country of America. That is unfortunate but it is a fact. We still have racists, sexists, homophobes etc. That kind of hate gave birth to Nazi Germany and the extinction of Jews and Gay People in the Concentration Camps. This is a must see movie that every American ought to see. We then can hopefully understand why we must be vigilant to assure that this kind of thing never happens again. Bent is a powerful movie. Prepare yourselves to examine your own ... Read More
Rating: - From party animal to deep commitment
This film is catching. It provides an insight from a German guy, living changes in the "gay" lifestyle at the begining of the Nazi Period. Although not being a documentary, it is a "could be" movie. At the begining of the film we are in a wild club with fancy and trendy people flirts, watch "modern" performances and enjoy and industrial envoiromen. It reproduces the mood of early 30's Berlin, were "gay life" was active in clubs like EL DORADO, bistros and even gay and lesbian magazines like Die Freundschaft. ... Read More
Rating: - Bent
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Rating:  - No, don't stop!...Aw, shucks...
Bent is a mysterious production. I don't understand how it ended up going to where it goes. The movie opens with vivacious scenes with many extras, but then, loses people as it moves along. Is there some peculiar reason for this? If you're thinking this is going to take you into scenes like in "Schindler's List" or "Sophie's Choice," to get a sense of a Nazi death camp, well, don't expect that. The camp in this film is practically deserted. What happened? Did they run out of money to hire extras? No mud, no smoking ... Read More
Rating:  - Ground breaking
Or is that rock breaking!!! You'll see what I mean if you waste your time with this one. 90 minutes of two guys in their pyjamas carrying rocks back and forth from one pile to another. The symbolism wasn't lost on me, I recognised it for what it was, rubbish. It was a relief when the lead characted met his fate.
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