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‘Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love’ Review: This Is Not a Love Story
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‘Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love’ Review: This Is Not a Love Story

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Christopher Campbell
Jul 05, 2019
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Despite its title, Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love is not a love story. It is not a story of a cosmic romance, or of an artist-muse relationship. Whether director Nick Broomfield knows it or not, his latest documentary is a story of narcissism, exploitation, and manipulation. That’s not to say the story isn’t well-told, but it’s disconcerting all the …

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