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Behind the Candelabra (2013)

★ 6.6 · 826 ratings on TMDB

Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

Behind the Candelabra poster★ 6.6

Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.

DirectorSteven Soderbergh
CastBruce Ramsay, Cheyenne Jackson, Dan Aykroyd, Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, Nicky Katt
GenresDrama, Romance
The emergence reading

Behind the Candelabra keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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