Aria (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Aria |
| Original title | Aria |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | Italian , French , German |
| Publishing year | 1987 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| script | Robert Altman , Bruce Beresford , Don Boyd , Bill Bryden , Derek Jarman , Franc Roddam , Nicolas Roeg , Ken Russell , Charles Sturridge , Julien Temple |
| production | Don Boyd |
| camera | Gabriel Beristain , Caroline Champetier , Frederick Elmes , Harvey Harrison , Christopher Hughes , Pierre Mignot , Mike Southon , Dante Spinotti , Oliver Stapleton , Gale Tattersall |
| cut | Neil Abrahamson , Robert Altman , Jennifer Augé , Marie-Thérèse Boiché , Michael Bradsell , Peter Cartwright , Angus Cook , Mike Cragg , Stephen P. Dunn , Rick Elgood , Jean-Luc Godard , Tony Lawson , Matthew Longfellow , Paul Naisbitt |
Aria is a British episode film from 1987 . Ten well-known directors each contribute their cinematic implementation of an opera aria.
The film participated as a competition entry at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1987 .
Episodes
Un ballo in maschera
- Composer Giuseppe Verdi
- Directed by Nicolas Roeg
- Main role Theresa Russell
“La virgine degli angeli” from La forza del destino
- Synopsis: Young people steal a car in London, drive around and tragically die.
- Composer Giuseppe Verdi
- Directed by Charles Sturridge
Armide
- Composer Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Libretto by Philippe Quinault
- Conductor Philippe Herreweghe
- Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
- Main role Valérie Allain
Rigoletto
- Composer Giuseppe Verdi
- Directed by Julien Temple
- Starring Buck Henry and Beverly D'Angelo
The dead City
- Composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Singers 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
- Main role Julie Hagerty
"Liebestod" from Tristan and Isolde
- Composer Richard Wagner
- Singer Birgit Nilsson
- Directed by Franc Roddam
- Leading role Bridget Fonda (in her first role)
A couple spends the last night in a hotel room in Las Vegas .
For this contribution Roddam was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1987 .
" Nessun dorma " from Turandot
- Composer Giacomo Puccini
- Singer Jussi Björling
- Directed by Ken Russell
- Leading role Linzi Drew
“Depuis le jour” from Louise
- Composer Gustave Charpentier
- Singer Leontyne Price
- Directed by Derek Jarman
- Main role 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 that the film could be described as a "hit parade" or as "the first MTV version of the opera". The film is mainly fun as "a satire on yourself".
Lexicon of international film : “The result is a series of screamingly colorful“ opera clips ”, which only rudimentarily encourages an examination of the fascinating artificiality of operas. The original intention is all too uninspired and presented without musical differentiations, so that occasionally even boredom sets in. "
literature
- Albrecht Riethmüller: “Nessun dorma” for Don Boyd's Aria (UK 1987) . (PDF; 134 kB) In: Kieler Contributions to Filmmusikforschung , 7, 2011, pp. 65–73.
Web links
- Aria in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Aria in the Lexicon of International Films
- Aria at rotten tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Roger Ebert : Critique. In: Chicago Sun-Times , July 1, 1988
- ↑ Aria. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .