Tom Ford's first film turned out alright. I sort of wish I had read the book by Isherwood beforehand. It's possible the book would have been better. I did get a sense of the message of the movie which is one part exhortation to live in the moment (live every day as if it were your last -- the story takes place ostensibly around the time of nuclear annihilation concerns related to the Cuban missile crisis) and one part cherish past moments of happiness. But knowing the real life part of the Chris and Don story, it seems the book is written as a way the significantly older Isherwood reasoned he might or might not survive if Don were to leave him.
Matthew Goode is in this movie too, but unfortunately his part has too little screen time. In the making of DVD extra, it seems like the actors needed to work on better things to say about Ford. I did like the style and soundtrack (Polish composer: Abel Korzeniowski) of the movie. Perhaps my main disappointment was the emotional impact seemed a little too muted...
Go to the imdb website (scroll down to goofs section) to find out all kinds of 'errors' in the movie which I didn't notice.
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