Frida

[joanna bujes]

At 02:01 AM 11/27/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>At 10:17 PM -0800 11/26/02, Marta Russell wrote:
> >I'm going soon.  Already my crip friends are saying that the film
> >overlooks the fact that she had polio as a child and was impaired
> >before the railroad accident that damaged her spine. Being a long
> >time fan of hers I will go see for myself whether the filmmaker is
> >so ignorant as to not include that as a BIG part of who she was.

It's worth seeing and it's worth seeing on the big screen. Hayek does a 
good job as Frida. The historical/communist background is a joke, but 
the  movie is a visual feast...with some nice effects, amazing colors, and 
great music.

Joanna