When Nietzsche Wept centers around the philosopher Nietzsche (Armand Assante) and the physician Dr Josef Breuer (Ben Cross), the latter of whom has to cure the former's despair. I found the film to be just bad and hard to watch.
The cinematography of the film is so hilarious. Despite being released in 2007, the film looks like it was released in the 1970s. The camera rarely focuses on the characters, making us feel detached from the characters. The dream sequence utilizes some level of CGI, but it just comes off as unintentionally hilarious, because of the cheap production budget.
None of the actors give a good performance in the film, almost all sequences are delivered with little to no expression. The worst was Katheryn Winnick as Lou Salome, who puts on such a cartoonish version of a Russian accent, that it is just painful to witness.
The screenplay also does a great disservice to Nietzsche. Nowhere does he come across as an intelligent figure that he is known to be today. There were parts in the film, where I became disinterested in what was happening on the screen.
When Nietzsche Wept centers around the philosopher Nietzsche (Armand Assante) and the physician Dr Josef Breuer (Ben Cross), the latter of whom has to cure the former's despair. I found the film to be just bad and hard to watch.
The cinematography of the film is so hilarious. Despite being released in 2007, the film looks like it was released in the 1970s. The camera rarely focuses on the characters, making us feel detached from the characters. The dream sequence utilizes some level of CGI, but it just comes off as unintentionally hilarious, because of the cheap production budget.
None of the actors give a good performance in the film, almost all sequences are delivered with little to no expression. The worst was Katheryn Winnick as Lou Salome, who puts on such a cartoonish version of a Russian accent, that it is just painful to witness.
The screenplay also does a great disservice to Nietzsche. Nowhere does he come across as an intelligent figure that he is known to be today. There were parts in the film, where I became disinterested in what was happening on the screen.
