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October 23, 2019 04:42 pm

The Current War is basically Amadeus for electricity




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It’s unusual for a film to arrive in theaters labeled “Director’s Cut,” but it’s happening with The Current War, a historical film about the tech face-off between irascible inventor Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) and genteel industrialist George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon). The film’s themes are integrity, the damaging effects of powerful men, and the importance of savvy branding — and those same themes have played out in the film’s release just as much as they’ve turned up on-screen.


The “Director’s Cut” label ensures that even the most casual filmgoers will have a sense that something strange is at play with The Current War. The drama about the early days of electricity is hitting theaters more than two years after it...



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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/23/20928756/the-current-war-review-directors-cut-benedict-cumberbatch-michael-shannon-tom-holland

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