"Illuminata"

From a review by James Berardinelli for www.movie-reviews.colossus.net in 1999

...Illuminata is John Turturro's love letter to early-20th Century theater. And, while not as effective as some other productions-within-a-film, such as Bullets Over Broadway or 1998's Shakespeare in Love, Illuminata still manages to develop an engaging storyline that incorporates uneven drama with sporadically amusing comedy. While the film occasionally suffers from the overly ambitious flaw of trying to tell the stories of too many characters, virtuoso performances by Katherine Borowitz, Christopher Walken, Susan Sarandon, and Bill Irwin help balance things out.

...There are about a dozen subplots dangling off the main one. Bevalaqua, an avowed homosexual, is infatuated with a member of Tuccio's troupe (Bill Irwin).

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Contents organized and produced by JSM | Ed: Aug. 16, 2004