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The Death Of Klinghoffer [DVD] [2002]

DVD ~ Sanford Sylvan

3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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Actors: Sanford Sylvan, Christopher Maltman, Yvonne Howard, Tom Randle, Kamel Boutros
Directors: Penny Woolcock
Writers: Penny Woolcock, Alice Goodman
Producers: Abi Bach, Jan Younghusband, Madonna Baptiste
Format: Classical, Colour, DVD-Video, PAL
Language English
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: Exempt
Studio: Decca
DVD Release Date: 9 Feb 2004
Run Time: 120 minutes

Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

ASIN: B0000D9R0E
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 11,267 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)
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#79 in Music > Classical Instrumental > Record Labels > Decca
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An adaptation of John Adam's opera 'The Death Of Klinghoffer' which tells the story of the 1985 hijacking of the cruise ship, the Achile Lauro.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Hard viewing but rewarding..., 3 Jan 2008

By	B. J. Whitehouse "book, film & music lover." (Birmingham, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Well worth watching, 21 Sep 2005

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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.

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2.0 out of 5 stars A bold but weak opera on film project, 2 May 2009

By	Elias M (London) - See all my reviews

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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