Behind the Candelabra is Stephen Soderbergh’s film about Liberace, starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, and already you will have heard two things which, naturally, you will need me to confirm so you can move on with your life. These two things are:
1. It is fabulous.
2. The film was ultimately funded by the television channel HBO, as Hollywood declared it ‘too gay’.

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