Ludwig van Beethoven: An artist is someone who has learnt to trust in himself.
Copying Beethoven (2006)
Directed by: Agnieszka Holland
Starring: Ed Harris, Matthew Goode, Diane Kruger, Ralph Riach, Matyelok Gibbs
Ludwig van Beethoven: You've invented a new musical genre. Fartissimo.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Loneliness is my religion.
Question: Why was Beethoven depicted as an obnoxious, rude and unlikable man in this movie? I read that in the real life he wasn't such a bad person.
Answer: It's a fictional version of Beethoven. Artistic license is used to enhance the drama by embellishing Beethoven's personality, likely to show his anger, frustration, and despondency over becoming deaf. Like many similar biographical movies, it is not meant to be an accurate portrait.
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