All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

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Rick P @Baxter666 06/23/2024 excellent doc exposing all the damage wrought by pure greed. See more Zach A @RT00329998 09/02/2023 It took a while for the two threads to connect but when they did, the film unveiled its true magic. See more Valerie J @RT85094956 08/24/2023 This is a compelling look at an artist who is a force of nature and rises up to slay the evil dragon that is the Sackler family. The opioid crisis has killed over 300,000 people and is on-going. Nan Goldin is the Goliath to this sociopathic family. Even after hearing dozens of impact statements as part of their recent hearing, the Sackler family has not accepted blame. There are still institutions that have not taken down the Sackler name and their collections, universities, expansions, etc. are funded by the deaths and suffering of thousands. Nan Goldin is fighting for all those dearly departed. See more Johnson F @RT29722865 08/19/2023 The title is a quote taken from the mental health evaluation of Nan Goldin's sister and this Oscar-nominated documentary deftly weaves the inspiration behind her 1985 slide show exhibition The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, her troubled personal lives and her battle against the Sackler dynasty responsible for the opioid epidemic in the United States. See more Barry L @RT39432488 04/05/2023 Nan, her sister Barbara, Goldin's art, "The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, her activism, the seediness of Times Square...I loved it all! However, at two hours I thought the film, as brilliant and riveting as it was, was too long. And I hate to say this but I think the section on the AIDS crisis, as powerful and painful as it was, could have been cut. (I have no doubt that the filmmakers would vehemently disagree. And, frankly, I cannot blame them.) Had I seen this film last year, it definitely would have been near the top of my Ten Best List. See more David F @dfulmer 03/25/2023 This film is trying to be two films in one: it's a documentary about the life and career of Nan Goldin, describing the skeletons in her family's closet and her turbulent path to success as a photographer, and it is also about her activism against the Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma, the company that made and aggressively marketed opioid drugs. Those two stories intersect - Goldin had an addiction to opioids which helped to inspire her activism and her work is in the permanent collections of many of the Sackler-funded art institutions she protests at - but it means that neither of the two films is really a fully developed documentary. I admire the director for taking the risk, I just don't think it pays off, but it's still a very interesting movie. See more Read all reviews

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