- Format: Classical, Colour, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
- Language Italian
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: NR (Not Rated) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Kultur Video
- DVD Release Date: 28 Oct 2008
- Run Time: 35 minutes
- ASIN: B001E181YQ
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 191,573 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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In Tancredi's memory, 15 Aug 2009
By General reader - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Tancred the Crusader [DVD] [2008] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
Tancred is sung by Michel Brodard, the choreography is by Angelin Preljacaj. The whole takes place after the fact, in the memory of Tancredi, "re-enacted" as it were on a ship leaving Jerusalem, on a sea of Tancredi's tears that also represents the water of Christian baptism. The sailor and crusaders who watch the "narration" speak in a mixture of Italian and French and perhaps some other languages. All of Monteverdi's setting is in Italian. The subtitles are only in English. Excellent videography and a dignified, moving production. Total time including opening and closing credits in ca. 34 minutes.
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Dreamscape, 14 Nov 2009
By Dr. John W. Rippon "May 19, 1932 and still going" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Tancred the Crusader [DVD] [2008] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
Yes, it's only a paper moon over a cardboard sea but the whole dream scape is the essence of the cinematic tour de force of Francois Caillat. A dreamy setting of a boat going nowhere with a chorus of disheveled and battered crewmen declaiming modern poetic French while a narrator Knight recites Tasso's original 16th century Italian as set to music by Monteverdi in the 17th century. It sounds like an irresolute combination but it works quite well. The lone figure of Tancredi with his ever suffering stare conveys to the observer the deep sorrow of this once proud figure. The director has taken the slim but exquisite opera of Monteverdi and draped around it his added lines of dialog for the crew seperate from the opera itself. Tancredi relives yet again and again the fateful end of the all night, hand to hand battle in which he was finally victorious only to discover the now fatally wounded adversary was his own beloved Clorinda in disguise. So ends Monteveri's opera of 1624.
But Tancredi must get his act together and head back to Syracuse for his date with Amenaide and Rossini's great opera of 1817.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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An interesting and touching potrayal, 18 May 2009
By S. Marcucci - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Tancred the Crusader [DVD] [2008] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
Reminds me of the Sicilian puppet plays. An interesting and moving use of the few lines of the beautiful recitativo of Montecerdi that are left. The DVD was filched by my 40 year old son.
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