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Title: Weak and Uninspired
Review: Although the film will be an eye-opener for viewers who know little if anything about the factors which encouraged AIDS to move from a disease afflicting the few to a full blown epidemic, to any one in the least knowledgeable it will prove singularly uninspired.Based on the powerful book by Randy Shilts, And The Band Played On had the potential to be one of the single most galvanizing films (and not to mention a fascinating story) ever made. Instead, we receive a watered down, fairly sanitized version of everything which make the book such a knockout.See the film if you must, but you're much better off with the book. If you are interested in the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, I also recommend the film Longtime Companion, which traces the impact of AIDS on a circle of friends living in New York when the disease first began to spread.
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