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Aria - Vhs

Starring: John Hurt, Theresa Russell Director: Bill Bryden, Bruce Beresford MPAA Rating: R
3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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This omnibus directors fest brings together 10 different filmmakers making 10 different films based on operatic arias. Jean-Luc Godard is stylistically the boldest, Robert Altman possibly the most imaginative, Franc Roddam celebrates American glitz, and Bruce Beresford is the most sentimental. Nearly all the other filmmakers involved--including Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell, Julien Temple, Charles Sturridge, Derek Jarman, and Bill Bryden--are (or were, in the case of the late Jarman) world-class talents, but you wouldn't know that from their murky participation here. --Tom Keogh

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The movie that started me on opera, Jan 17 2003
By "scott_brittain" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Aria (Widescreen) (DVD)
I first saw Aria in the theater back in high school (about 3 million years ago) and only because I wanted to impress a girl way more artistic than myself.

It worked, but not in a way I'd expected. The movie, a series of vignettes, runs the whole emotional spectrum. In my younger days, we were blown away by the Wagner/Roddam piece starring a young Fonda, so loving and jarring at the same time. These days I find all the music beautiful, but one or two of the vignettes boring. The entire movie is beautifully shot and all deserves to be watched at least once.

After having done that you'll find continual enjoyment watching Sturridge, Beresford, Roddam, Jarman, and Bryden's interpretations.

Who knows, you might fall in love with opera too.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Liz Hurley's first important role in a movie, Aug 7 2002
By Gavin Wilson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aria (Widescreen) (DVD)
This movie provided Liz Hurley with her big break. Soon after this, Dennis Potter snapped her up for the lead role in the BBC adaptation of Christabel Bielenberg's 'The Past is Myself'. She became Hugh Grant's girlfriend and the rest is history. She transformed herself physically during her twenties, which is why some viewers have had problems identifying the occasionally nude actress that appears here as the very slim Liz Hurley they now know.

For me, 'Aria' was the classical music community's response to the rise of MTV and the pop video. Directors like Ken Russell and Nick Roeg wanted to show us that opera could be equally colourful and sexy, even if you couldn't dance to it. And they proved their case, to my mind.

But like a pop video, you wouldn't want to watch this too often. There's no substantive connection between each of the videos, so you end up feeling much the same as you would after a 90-minute immersion in MTV.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Great the first time, tends average, not for everyone, May 16 2002
By Eamon O. Dowling (Silver Spring, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This movie was great the first time, on the big screen. The music and the images shock you, and make you squirm and react to this movie. It's an artistic roller coaster ride.

I've found since, however, that this shocking quality doesn't preserve especially well. My favorite way of watching this movie these days, is to turn the music on, while I'm doing stuff around the house, occassionally looking at the images.

It's artistry, it doesn't hold up under critical thinking.

Who will like this movie? Despite (or perhaps because of) the billing of mature content, I think that this is a good film for teenage viewers with a liking for art films. One must be able to appreciate both the variety and intensity of the images, and be able to forgive the story. Not a problem in an action movie, but for an "art film", it shows it's high concept roots.

Maybe a gift for an opera lover, or an "art film" buff.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Most Incredible Experience
Aria is 90 minutes of pure wonderment -- I'm not certain what demographic this project was aimed at, but I definitely fall into it. Read more
Published on Feb 22 2002 by Elderbear

3.0 out of 5 stars You Win Some, You Lose Some.
This must have seemed like a great idea on paper. Take 10 well known opera arias then ask 10 established or up and coming directors to interpret them visually in any manner they... Read more
Published on Sep 18 2001 by Chip Kaufmann

4.0 out of 5 stars A Visual and audial smorgasbord
I have loved this movie for years. Granted, it may be for deep film buffs, but it is powerful.

Each vignette offers a top director's interpretation of a provocative aria... Read more

Published on Mar 9 2001

1.0 out of 5 stars Another Bad Anthology Film
If you don't like opera, "Aria" will not appeal to you. If you love opera, "Aria" will not appeal to you. Read more
Published on May 24 2000 by C. Manson

4.0 out of 5 stars Very different and very interesting
Most enjoyable, and additional screenings become a must because the story lines do not follow the operas that the arias cover. Read more
Published on Nov 5 1999 by Flint Lock

2.0 out of 5 stars This film is not a movie...
but a series of different opera parts with a short film trying to represent each part. Each chapter has nothing to do with the rest, leaving a feeling of total disconnection. Read more
Published on Oct 13 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Play this video LOUD
Aria is the MTV of Operatic music. Each of the 10 directors chose a aria and made a music video for each. THE MUSIC IS FANTASTIC! Read more
Published on May 7 1999

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