Interesting movie, generally dealing with accurate historical facts, but in a dreamy, psychological manner. However, it looks a bit rushed and almost lacking the grandeur, the fury and the sarcasm which were also characteristic to Mahler the man, the composer and the conductor. The Monty Python scene with Cosima Wagner as a Nazi Domina is a blasphemy, totally out of the blue, ridiculous and not based on anything real. Of course she was a fierce anti-Semite, but did she really have so much influence? Perhaps it's a metaphor, but then it should not have been treated in circus style, as its ground themes were not light matter. One more thing: although a very good actor, Robert Powell looked in several scenes more like Harold Lloyd than like Mahler. LE: Now it striked me: Hugh Grant might be a more appropriate Mahler, at least looks-wise.
Review of Mahler
