Bent |  | Director: Sean Mathias
Actors: Lothaire Bluteau, Clive Owen, Ian McKellen, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Mick Jagger
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  74 reviews
Sales Rank: 11990
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NC-17
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 105 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: D1004401D
ISBN: 0792855752
UPC: 027616884725
EAN: 9780792855750
ASIN: B00008R9KB
Theatrical Release Date: November 26, 1997
Release Date: June 3, 2003
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Bent debuted onstage in 1979 with Ian McKellen starring in the London production and Richard Gere in its later Broadway version. The film version is adapted by the playwright, Martin Sherman, and closely follows his play's story of two gay concentration camp victims who are sent to Dachau and who fall in love, using their relationship as an emotional crutch in their efforts to rebuff the horror of the Holocaust. Max (Clive Owen), would rather wear a yellow star and proclaim himself a Jew than be lanced with the pink triangle that designates homosexuality. Horst, (Lothaire Bluteau) chastises him for his homophobia. Later the tables turn on Max, who finds--through Horst--the strength both to keep alive indefinitely and to ultimately embrace his sexual identity. Initially set in a war-ravaged Berlin, Bent is directed by Sean Mathias, who first directed Jude Law in Indiscretions, and he has crafted a film that reminds one of Ian McKellen's Richard III with its spare, stylized, and stark world bombed into rubble and chic theatrical disarray. There are many poignant as well as harrowing scenes, and the result is a somber work that stands as a reminder that intolerance cannot overtake individualism and love. While Bent received an NC-17 rating for depicting Berlin's decadent, anything-goes-for-a-price nightlife, MGM opted not to edit out the tone-setting prelude and pushed to preserve the film's integrity despite a rating that is itself a kind of death for any film that bears it. --Paula Nechak
Product Description
Follows the treatment of homosexuals in a Nazi concentration camp as one prisoner tries to survive by denying his homosexuality.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: NC17
Release Date: 7-SEP-2004
Media Type: DVD
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Holocaust Romantic Tragedy January 8, 2010
Michael Kerjman (The Earth)
Romantic tragedy of the Holocaust as a Belgium Jew residing in the Berlin of the Nazi thirties was caught between his biology and ethnicity themselves sustain mortal threats in then Germany.
It is better once watching than reading a dozen of reviews anyway.
 Beautifully and Brilliantly,Bent ! June 9, 2009
Julie Wenders (Oak Park)
This is an extremely powerful and tragic movie focusing on the prosecution of the gays during the nazi era. More specifically it focuses on the coming of age of the protagonist, played by protean talent, Clive Owen and shows clearly how love could transcend the physical. The pivotal scene in which they speak with each other in a rather animated way and experiencing the physical sensations of intimacy without touching each other is quite a surprise and brilliantly poetic. The love that results from the relationship provides the motivation for the final scene of the movie - the courage to be who one really is and to be able to finally feel that love could MOVE! I would consider this movie to be a gay classic. Brilliant!!
Brokeback Holocaust December 29, 2008
Bob Waskiewicz (Wintersville, Ohio United States)
"Bent" is one of the most depressing films I have ever watched.If your not in a good mood,don't look at this movie.
The acting is brilliant,but for most of the film your watching rocks being moved from one pile to another,then back to the original pile,but it has to be in the story.
The train sceen is alfuw,if this really happened,these inhuman evil German Hitler animals have to be burning in hell forever.
Clive Owen's is fantastic,along with everyone else,including Mick Jagger.
Its been 24 hours since I've seen "Bent ,"and its still haunting me.This is a love story between 2 guys during the Holocaust who never touch or kiss,but still have sex together.
Compelling drama about the persecution of homosexuals by the Nazis December 18, 2008
z hayes (plano,texas)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
"Bent" has been on my must-watch movie list for a while [having watched and reviewed many other WW II dramas, especially those dealing with the Holocaust] and I finally watched it tonight. It proved to be a compelling viewing experience and quite amazing considering the majority of the movie is set in an internment camp and focuses on two men moving rocks from one pile to the next and repeating these movements.
Of course, the theme of the movie itself is much more complex than moving rocks - set during the early days of the Reich [before the mass killings], it traces the persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany. It begins in Berlin, in a nightclub operated by Greta, a transvestite [played to brilliant effect by Mick Jagger] and the camera focuses on Max [Clive Owen in a ground-breaking role], a gay Lothario who goes about seducing good-looking young men, even though he is seriously involved with Rudy, a dancer. Max's dalliance with a lover of Ernst Roehm [a well-known Nazi offcial who was also gay and who was executed under Hitler's orders] leads to Max and Rudy being targeted by the Gestapo and having to flee Berlin. Max tries to get his Uncle Freddie [Ian McKellen in a minor but memorable role], himself a closeted gay, to help but leads nowhere. Both Max and Rudy get arrested and dumped on a train bound for a camp [this was before the notorious death camps were established].
Max finds himself getting gradually de-humanised through a series of horrific incidents, yet when he arrives at the camp, he is determined to stay alive, going to the extreme of taking on the Jewish star instead of the pink triangle [symbolising one is gay], thinking that it will afford him a better chance at survival. His 'companion' during this internment is Horst [Lothaire Bluteau in a finely nuanced performance] and both men come to really care for each other, even achieving orgasm during a stand at attention without touching each other. Will Max finally find salvation and release from his suffering? Will Horst and Max have a happy-ever-after? The final minutes of the movie provides these answers.
A compelling movie that is a must-watch for those interested in the Nazi doctrine of persecuting certain groups of people deemed undesirable, in this instance, the homosexuals. It is a subject matter that is often neglected, yet this group of people suffered greatly under the Nazi reign. Having formerly taught Holocaust history, I found this movie to provide immense insight and I am definitely adding Bent to my collection of Holocaust/ WW II DVDs. Highly recommended!
Want to understand hate? November 25, 2008
T. J. VanEtten (Palm Springs, CA United States)
Hate is alive and well in our very own country of America. That is unfortunate but it is a fact. We still have racists, sexists, homophobes etc. That kind of hate gave birth to Nazi Germany and the extinction of Jews and Gay People in the Concentration Camps. This is a must see movie that every American ought to see. We then can hopefully understand why we must be vigilant to assure that this kind of thing never happens again. Bent is a powerful movie. Prepare yourselves to examine your own consciences as you see this movie unfold. I highly recommend it.
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