Empires - Martin Luther
by Cassian Harrison
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Actor: Liam Neeson, Timothy WestDirector: Cassian Harrison
Brand: Paramount
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Unknown; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Unknown
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 115 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-03-08
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: PBS
DVD Reviews of Empires - Martin Luther
DVD Review: Effective cinematic slight of hand (3 and a half stars)
Summary: 4 Stars
Despite its modest budget, this PBS docudrama on the life and significance of Martin Luther manages to be accessible, engaging, and informative. It combines a talking-heads approach--the testimony of six Luther scholars--with a flashback skeletal narrative--Martin Luther, played by Timothy West, reflecting on his life while on his "last journey."
Each of the scholars is more animated and communicative than is frequently the case in such documentaries, and their language, along with that of Liam Neeson's 3rd person narrator, is consistently direct and straightforward. As Luther, West may be the weak addition to the mix. His arch eyebrows, along with his curiously winking glances at the camera, make it difficult to tell whether he's sad, glad, pensive, apprehensive, or simply clueless about what he's doing in this movie.
Unlike at least three theatrical releases with the same title, this "Luther" makes little reference to Luther's wife, family and colleagues, but it does offer its own insights: Luther's anti-Semiticism, his support of state authorities who exterminated 100,000 rebellious peasants, and above all his strengths as a writer. The Luther who emerges is a man of extremes but also an individual of heroic fearlessness, absolute integrity, and undeniable global influence.
Credit the striking, panoramic natural scenes and the music score (though too close to Phillip Glass for my taste) for helping the viewer forget that this is a movie in which much is told but very little happens.
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