Wednesday, 19 June 2013

Behind the cunnilingus. Sorry, I meant candelabra.

Douglas, you filthy swine! We’re very happy to see and hear you’re alive and swinging but, please. You’re revelations about your extra-curricular activities were unnecessary…



I’m very happy to say that I finally got round to seeing Steven Soderberg’s much vaunted ‘Behind the candelabra’ with Michael Douglas playing Liberace and Matt Damon as his son/lover/father/brother, Scott Thorson. If you like glitz, glam, gold chains and tinklers of the ivories, you are in for a treat.



I must admit that, unfortunately, I knew little of Liberace before I went to see this film bar his Italian/Polish heritage and his outfits which were only slightly less extraordinary than his talent. Soderberg really plunges the audience right into the heart of Liberace’s private world, shedding light on Liberace’s homosexuality which he never publically acknowledged during his lifetime. The main focus is, of course, on his relationship with Thorson who, at a glance, would appear to be the most significant of all of the relationships he had throughout his life. The film is a sausage fest in every sense with the only female character is presented in the form of Liberace’s mother, Frances, magnificently interpreted by the legendary Debbie Reynolds. If I had not known that she was to play this character before seeing the film, I would not have recognised her at all; the polish accent, make up, hair, prosthetics, mannerisms…quite extraordinary! But this really goes for the whole cast. Whether it’s the main characters, Cheyenne Jackson’s scorned former lover or Rob Lowe’s hilarious turn as Liberace’s plastic surgeon there’s not a weak link.



Douglas is superb and it’s a shame that he will not be eligible for the big awards next year. But, let’s face it, even if you couldn’t give a monkey’s about good acting, it’s worth it just for the hilarious sight of Matt Damon’s white rhinestone posing pouch which did not provoke as much mirth amongst the audience as one would have imagined…Ben Affleck will NEVER let him live that one down!




Behind the chintz lies a very moving love story which was to end tragically through Thorson’s drug abuse and Liberace’s death of AIDs. The film has entertaining moments and is a treat for the eye but it’s not a laugh-a-minute. At the centre of it is the great figure of Liberace and I would stress one thing about him: he was kitch, cheesy and he bloody loved it but, please, never underestimate the talent of this man. 

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