On Wednesday, November 27, 2002, at 10:49 AM, joanna bujes wrote:
> 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.
continuing from my previous email on this, i agree that hayek actually does a credible job, as does alfred molina as diego, imo.
j