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Title: Gray Matter
Review: Not bad. It stays fairly true to the book as far as I can recall, though I don't remember the homoerotic elements being so blatant in the book (in spite of what Oscar Wilde's life may have been). Wilde was an incredible writer and poet and this story of sin and the supernatural is still surprisingly powerful today. I thought they did a decent job, though I haven't seen the 1945 version. The book (a short novel) is great though - I'd highly recommend reading that before seeing this. Imagination is still more powerful than CG technology.. and Wilde's wit and wisdom are MUCH better absorbed in the written form. It's not long and it's easy to get into (the book). But for what it's worth, and for those who aren't planning to read it, this film still conjures up the young ghost of a Dorian Gray, a theme that explores the ultimate worth of pleasures (and other crimes) in the face of a fading world.
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