Yes, another period drama that explores the dispute between proponents of alternating vs. direct current.
The coming of Michael Almereyda‘s Tesla (IFC Films, 8.21) reminds me that I never saw the director’s cut version of Alfonso Gomez-Rejon‘s The Current War. I admired and half-liked the original War when I caught it at the 2017 Toronto Film Festival.
Especially the Cinerama-like cinematography by Chung-hoon Chung.
With Ethan Hawke playing the titular role, Tesla costars Eve Hewson, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Jim Gaffigan and Kyle MacLachlan.
Tesla‘s Rotten Tomatoes rating is 92% while The Current War is rocking a 60% score.
I visited the Nikola Tesla museum in Budapest four years ago.
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