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Feature adaptation of the opera that offers a fictionalised version of the 1985 hijacking which resulted in the murder of Leon Klinghoffer. The hijacking, carried out by the Palestine Liberation Front as part of the ongoing territorial dispute between Israel and Palestine, targeted the passenger liner, 'Achille Lauro'. Klinghoffer (Sanford Sylvan), a Jewish American onboard the vessel, was an unfortunate victim of the dispute.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By Ben Whitehouse
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Format:DVD
The opera tells the true story of the hijacking of the passenger liner Achille Lauro by the Palestine Liberation Front in 1985, and the resulting death of Jewish-American passenger Leon Klinghoffer. It was the center of a great controversy when it was performed in the United States in late 1991 and early 1992. The DVD is the Channel 4 television version, with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Adams, was directed by Penny Woolcock in 2003.
This isn't easy viewing in terms of content but the resonances between the events of 9/11 and here are very interesting. The various abstract arias overlaid with news footage and created scenes are moving, striking and articulate the displaced Palestianian refugees and also the displaced Jewish survivors of the Holocaust.
Adams' opera is spare, taut and every moment is essential viewing. This isn't something to be passive watching this is something that requires effort and attention.
This isn't easy viewing in terms of content but the resonances between the events of 9/11 and here are very interesting. The various abstract arias overlaid with news footage and created scenes are moving, striking and articulate the displaced Palestianian refugees and also the displaced Jewish survivors of the Holocaust.
Adams' opera is spare, taut and every moment is essential viewing. This isn't something to be passive watching this is something that requires effort and attention.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:DVD
The Death of Klinghoffer is the story of the death of Leon Klinghoffer during the kidnapping of the Achille Lauro. The benefit of seeing the film of the opera is that it gives much more background the the staged version of the opera. However, it is also more gory in that Leon Klinghoffer's death is also seen while on stage this happens off-stage. While you may not want to sympathise with the terrorists this film gives both sides of the argument and leaves you to make your own decision.
1 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By Elias M
VINE™ VOICE
Format:DVD
An excruciating film, bold in its ambition but a monumental failure in its execution: I found it overly simplistic in its analysis f the events it describes; some of the performances are at times cringe-worthy; the dialogue/lyrics, which may work well in the context of a live opera, do not translate well to film - they sometimes appear hollow and act as "fillers" i.e. the moment when one of the passengers describes in tedious detail that she heard gunshots aboard the ship and decided not to continue with her bath... What's the point?
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