Aria (Film)
Aria is a British anthology film from the year 1987. Ten well-known directors, each in a control post their cinematic rendition of an opera aria at.
The film participated in the International Film Festival of Cannes 1987 competition entry.
Episodes
Un ballo in maschera
- Composer Giuseppe Verdi
- Directed by Nicolas Roeg
- Starring Theresa Russell
" La virgine degli angeli " from La forza del destino
- Action: young people steal in London a car, drive around and come tragically lost their lives.
- Composer Giuseppe Verdi
- Directed by Charles Sturridge
Armide
- Composer Jean -Baptiste Lully
- Libretto Philippe Quinault
- Conductor Philippe Herreweghe
- Directed by Jean -Luc Godard
- Starring Valérie Allain
Rigoletto
- Composer Giuseppe Verdi
- Directed by Julien Temple
- Starring Buck Henry and Beverly D' Angelo
The Dead City
- Composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Singer Carol Neblett and René Kollo
- Directed by Bruce Beresford
- Starring Elizabeth Hurley
Les Boréades
- Composer Jean -Philippe Rameau
- Conductor John Eliot Gardiner
- Directed by Robert Altman
- Starring Julie Hagerty
" Liebestod " from Tristan und Isolde
- Composer Richard Wagner
- Singer Birgit Nilsson
- Directed by Franc Roddam
- Starring Bridget Fonda ( in her first role )
A couple spends the last night in a hotel room in Las Vegas.
For this post Roddam in 1987 nominations Film Festival for the Golden Palm of Cannes.
" Nessun dorma " from Turandot
- Composer Giacomo Puccini
- Jussi Björling singer
- Directed by Ken Russell
- Starring Linzi Drew
" Depuis le jour" from Louise
- Composer Gustave Charpentier
- Singer Leontyne Price
- Directed by Derek Jarman
- Starring Tilda Swinton
" Vesti la giubba " from Pagliacci
- Composer Ruggero Leoncavallo
- Directed by Bill Bryden
- Starring John Hurt and Sophie Ward
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun - Times, one could describe the film as a " hit parade " or as "the first MTV version of the Opera ". The film makes fun especially as " a satire on himself."
Encyclopedia of the International film: " The result is a consequence screaming colorful " opera clips " that stimulates only in approaches to a fascinating discussion of the artificiality of opera. The original intention as a whole is too uninspired and presented without musical differences, so that sometimes even boredom sets. "