We recently watched an autobiographic film called "Val" on Amazon Prime video, about the life and career of actor Val Kilmer. It was an interesting film and worth watching. Today's blog will give you my take on the film (and I'm a fan of many of his movies).
I'm a fan of several of his movies- especially his portrayal of Doc John Holliday in the movie "Tombstone," the comedic singer Nick Rivers in the hysterical spy spoof "Top Secret," Iceman in "Top Gun," Chris Knight in "Real Genius," as Madmardigan in "Willow" and even as Batman in "Batman Forever." The film weaves bits of these appearances together in addition to other films he's been in and shows his personal life story
- He lost a lot of money trying to help his father. Then his wife divorced him and cleaned him out (my take on it). After all that, he lost his voice to cancer and speaks through a voice-box while holding a finger over the opening of a tube embedded in his throat.
In flashbacks to earlier eras, Kilmer's narration is read by his son Jack, whom he dotes on in past and present footage. There are bits from childhood home movies, Hollywood productions; the archives of Julliard (where he studied acting); assorted entertainment TV programs, electronic press kits, and DVD supplements; and Kilmer's own library of handheld camcorder and phone footage, which he's been accumulating for decades.
He had to sell his dream property in New Mexico to pay all the debts incurred by helping others and the divorce. I will always admire him for his film roles.
One thing that disturbed me though was that no one seemed to be taking care of him in the physical sens (Although he is physically capable of taking care of himself). His current house is a mess and in the recent footage of him he desperately needs a haircut, shave, and always looks rumpled. It's an alarming change from the handsome, muscular, in-shape actor that I had come to know. He just needs someone to take care of him, and I hope he finds that. He obviously still has a lot of talent to share.
The bottom line is that this is an interesting autobiographic film, and worth watching.
TRAILER: https://youtu.be/YqNnhgEyQCU
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