Not Arthur Rimbaud, but A. Rimbaud. The title of Patrick Wang’s latest film is the skeleton key that unlocks the principles behind its approach to the usually deadly writer biopic. The figure at its center, played by Blake Draper in his second film role, is a version (and a vision) of the poet, a singular Rimbaud. It’s a one-man show about a writer whose legacy emerged from the black recesses of his subconscious, and a French poet transfigured into an...
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