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Article: Frida.(Video Recording Review) (video recording review)
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- April 27, 2003
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Frida
Prebook 5/13 VHS, 4/29 DVD; Street 6/10
BV/Miramax, Drama, B.O. $25.7 million, Price NA VHS, $29.99 DVD, 'R' for sexuality/nudity and language.
Stars Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Ashley Judd.
Frida is colorful entertainment that delivers a smooth, well-acted story, but little true sense of its subject: renowned bohemian, Marxist and artist Frida Kahlo. The underworld of Kahlo's life is hinted at in quick glances-- sexual experimentation, political arguments and wild parties--but Kahlo (Hayek) always seems to have a limited role in such instances.
In fact, though the real Kahlo had affairs with singer Josephine Baker and ...