Wednesday

"Klimt" The Movie

Shooting for a movie featuring John Malkovich as Austrian art nouveau painter Gustav Klimt has begun in Vienna and will move to Cologne. "Klimt," directed by Raoul Ruiz, will have a dispute about paintings commissioned by the state as a central theme. It also will focus on the struggle by Klimt for artistic freedom and on his personal relationships, including his lifelong, platonic friendship with Emilie Floege, played by Veronica Ferres. Irish Art