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Aria - Special Edition [DVD] [1987]

DVD ~ Elizabeth Hurley
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  • Actors: Elizabeth Hurley, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Bridget Fonda
  • Directors: Nicolas Roeg;Jean-Luc Godard;Bruce Beresford;Derek Jarman;Robert Altman;Charles Sturridge;Franc Roddam;Ken Russell;Julien Temple;Bill Bryden
  • Format: PAL, Special Edition
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Second Sight Films Ltd.
  • DVD Release Date: 15 Jun 2009
  • Run Time: 88 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0026SHPPW
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 23,403 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Special Features

'Composing Aria': Documentary featuring interviews with Producers and Directors
Commentary by Producer Don Boyd
Stills Gallery
Theatrical Trailer


Synopsis

Producer Don Boyd brought together 10 of the world's most revered directors in order to pay homage to the opera with this episodic feature. Each director was asked to choose an aria from an operatic work and create a short film inspired by the emotions and intensity of the music rather than merely re-creating the opera itself. True to form, the result is a bizarre, moving, and broad work of entertainment.

Standouts include Charles Sturridge's haunting LA VIRGINE DEGLI ANGELI, which follows a group of adolescents who steal a car and meet an early demise; Jean-Luc Godard's ARMIDE, an abstract visual tour de force that incorporates nude females floating around bodybuilders in midworkout; Franc Roddam's somber LIEBESTOD, which watches a young couple spending one last night in a Las Vegas hotel room; Derek Jarman's nostalgic DEPUIS LE JOUR, a moving ode to a life well lived; and Ken Russell's stimulating NESSUN DORMA, which breathes fresh life into the moment just before one dies. The directors use the works of their chosen composer--including Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Erich Korngold, Jean Philippe Rameau, Giacomo Puccini, Gustave Charpentier, and Ruggiero Leoncavallo--to tell stories about life, love, and loss as they feel it on a personal level, making ARIA more than just a sheer exercise in style.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Must Have Classic, 15 May 2009
By M. J. Cassidy "visualfeast" (Durban South Africa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aria [DVD] [1987] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
This is a must have. Major directors, major music pieces, excellently threaded together. I first watched Aria on VHS videotape 20 years ago and lost the tape. Now Ive got it again! Can be watched over and over!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, 21 Aug 2009
By Sally Wilton "Sally" (Bournemouth UK) - See all my reviews
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Don't get too excited about the fact that Elizabeth Hurley is in this DVD. Quite frankly she is a whole lot better looking now and her acting is embarassing especially when she mouths the words of the aria - not convincing in a million years. The directors were given free rein in deciding what to produce from their choice of aria. It is a pity they didn't discuss between them their ideas as several decided to make the film about a car crash. I kept waiting for something interesting to happen in this sequence of films and in the end thought it was a waste of time and in particular money. The one about the body builders and the women fawning over them was especially ludicrous, does anyone know what it means?

I really looked forward to this DVD, being an opera lover myself but it is not what it is cracked up to be. Rent it if you must but dont buy it unless you are really sure.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars aria, 7 Aug 2009
By S. Taylor - See all my reviews
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picture quality and sound excellent,presumably remastered.
the bonus features interviews with some of the directors,but ignores or omits mention of others e.g.Bruce Beresford.



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