Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror." This 1922 classic of cinema based on Bram Stoker's "Dracula" (but with names changed) directed by F.W. Murnau and starring Max Schrek in one of films most famous and frightening make-up jobs.
Brüno, a gay fashionista is the host of the top-rated late night fashion show in any German-speaking country--apart from Germany. Brüno’s mission? To become the biggest Austrian celebrity since Hitler. His strategy? To crisscross the globe in the hopes of finding fame and love.
"The point seems to be sheer spectacle, but I'm not sure that has any value anymore."
I'll admit that I laughed throughout Bruno; the movie deserves some credit for knowing where the line is ... and then obliterating it. And if you measure effectiveness by the barometer of provoking reaction then you'd have to…
