British Film MR. TURNER, A Work of Art Slowly Drawn Out

MR. TURNER, the biopic film on the famous British landscape painter, known for capturing light on canvas, is a movie that captures great scenice beauty and the "Downton Abbey" lifestyles of the patritian society & working class.  The sumptuous cinematography is the canvas for this masterpiece of artistic achievement in filmmaking.  The epoch of British life in the 19th C is brought vivdly to life in the marketplaces, art galleries, drawing rooms and countrysides.   Major industrial advancements such as the railroads & steamships convene into the fabric of life as well as the disdainful slave trade; Turner portrayed this in "Slave Ship" 1840.  This is not a sluggishly paced movie.  We observe Mr. Turner as eccentric, reclusive & crude.  His only true devotion seems to be for his father, an elderly widow & his passion for his art.  The arduous process of painting & procuring materials are highlighted.  This movie is a glorious kaleidoscope of colors, light & landscapes that are constantly shifting.  Turner's legacy of works has been made into an extraordinary film.  As magnificent as this film is, there will be cynicism in viewing for many as being tedious and dreadfully long.  Still, one will be hard pressed not to observe our surroundings on a more intent level.