Review of 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) by Desson Thomson for Washington Post — 03 Dec 2008
Both Scott and screenwriter Roselyne Bosch provide absorbing period detail. You learn about garrotings and massacres, Indian hairstyles and Spanish royal gowns. But this cinematic scrapbook of Columbian highlights is as beautiful as it is empty.
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This review of 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) was written by Desson Thomson and published by Washington Post on 03 Dec 2008.
1492: Conquest of Paradise has generally received mixed reviews.
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