Although the story wasnt as strong as some of dario argento s other works, it was still worth exploring. I am certain that they are primarily interested in style. Opera soundtrack from 1987, composed by claudio simonetti. Opera is a 1987 italian giallo film cowritten and directed by dario argento, with music composed and performed by brian eno. Anna died in a scooter accident in 1994 shortly after the films release, but she is seen in the actual movie during the closing credits dancing in the. Opera di dario argento 1987 film completo italiano youtube. Oct 27, 2010 set in the cultish world of ballet and revolving around a performance of swan lake, darren aronofksys the black swan may be the best dario argento movie that argento didnt direct.
Cristina marsillach, urbano barberini and ian charleson. Movie title from the giallo film opera 1987, directed by dario argento, starring cristina marsillach, ian charleson and urbano barberini. The daughter of filmmaker dario argento, she had roles in the films xxx 2002, land of the dead 2005 and marie antoinette 2006. However, there are many differences between the book and the film the biggest being that the phantom is not disfigured.
The true fetishist will always turn his back on reality, and the film pinpoints the source of the dysfunction, retreating to inside his own damaged brain. Aronofsky channels argento in gothic thriller the black. The phantom of the opera directed by dario argento. Grazie ai fan che hanno acquistato le prime 300 copie, opera. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The film follows, betty an young opera singer who takes the world by storm after the another opera singer, mara cecova got inquired when a car stuck her. Dario argento suspiria returns to cultfilms with this breathtaking. The film stars irene miracle, leigh mccloskey, eleonora giorgi, daria nicolodi and alida valli.
Opera sees giallo master dario argento working at his most gloriously. Meanwhile, the mind of the future director developed a desire as ambitious as it was magnificent. However, in a strange turn of events, a murder takes place in the theater. Dario argento is highly regarding for his work in horror films, but this is pretty tame. Conducting dario argentos opera interviews with cowriterdirector dario. Inferno is a 1980 italian supernatural horror film written and directed by dario argento. His influential work in the horror genre during the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the subgenre known as giallo has led him to being referred to as the master of the thrill 2 and the master of horror. Dario argentos opera terror at the opera 1987 full hd english.
Trauma is notable as italian director dario argentos first featurelength american production. Finally watched opera 1987 after years of anticipation. Dario argentos contribution to the first season of showtimes masters of horror, jenifer is based on a story by bruce jones which appeared in creepy magazine and illustrated by the legendary berni wrightson. He was cinematographer in dario argentos previous opera 1987, as well as camera operator in brian depalmas. The film follows, betty an young opera singer who takes the world by storm after the another opera singer, mara. Also, for someone who is really into phantom, it is really frustrating. Opera original claudio simonetti soundtrack 1987, vinyl. As one of the greatest horror directors of all time alongside mario bava, john carpenter, george a. Dario argentos giallo soundtrack from 2009, composed by marco werba. The autobiography of dario argento dario argento isbn.
After finishing the show of macheth an crazed fan begins stalking betty and forces her to watch the people she knows being murdered by having her tied up and needles taped on her eye leads. Apr 18, 2016 opera regia di dario argento con ian charleson, cristina marsillach, urbano barberini, daria nicolodi, william mcnamara, coralina catalditassoni, antonino iuorio, antonella vitale, peter pitsch. She has won two david di donatello awards for best actress for lets not keep in touch 1994 and traveling companion 1996. Opera also known and released as terror at the opera is a 1987 italian giallo film directed and cowritten by dario argento and starring cristina marsillach, urbano barberini, and ian charleson. The lead of the infilm macbeth production is a shy but talented young woman named betty christina marsillach. It was just two days before i came here that i finished the opera. May 20, 2008 betty is nervous, since she is one of the youngest women to ever play the lead in the opera but everyone is counting on her considering she was the understudy for the lead. Hes a maestro of giallo, who delivered revered classics such as deep red, inferno, suspiria, and tenebrae.
Opera regia di dario argento con ian charleson, cristina marsillach, urbano barberini, daria nicolodi, william mcnamara, coralina catalditassoni, antonino iuorio, antonella vitale, peter pitsch. Inspired by phantom of the opera which argento remade in 1999, opera tells the story of a young understudy. Hier kaufen oder eine gratis kindle leseapp herunterladen. Italian horror director dario argentos shocker opera features a strong display of the filmmakers signature styles in terms of inventive visuals and fantastic murder set pieces, but the film lacks the story cohesion it needs to fall into the category of his classic genre films. Trauma is a 1993 giallo horror film directed by dario argento and starring asia argento.
Dario argentos opera hits a high note on bluray cinapse. This movie was made in the year of 1987, and it seems, judging by his hardcorefans, to be the last great. Now, dont get me wrong, i love argentos films like suspiria and deep red. Inspired by phantom of the opera which argento remade in 1999, opera tells the story of a young. The plot follows a young mans investigation into the disappearance of his sister, who had been living in a new york. Trauma is a 1993 giallo horror film directed by dario argento and starring asia argento, christopher rydell, piper laurie, and frederic forrest. While the gore in the film is unnecessary, it is not as frequent as we may be led to believe. After watching dario argento, the church i was hoping opera would be better. While this film was well shot and stylish however the story wasnt that good and at times got weird. The opera house location gives plenty to work with for director dario argento, who hits his decadently bloody high notes here. Dario argento roma, 7 ad setembar dal 1940, a s les. E il primo film di argento ispirato allambiente dellopera. Opera is an italian horror movie that was released in 1987.
Romero and wes craven, with twentythree movies under his belt, dario argento decided to spice things up by going the extra creative mile and film a horror picture about the opera. The first italian adaptation of the familiar gaston leroux story, the phantom of the opera marked a deliberately calculated attempt to break into the international horror market with what seemed to be a sure thing. Dario argento opera 1987 in 19811990, dario argento, giallo, italy, thriller may 18, 2020 0 18 views when a young opera singer takes over the leading role in an avantgarde presentation of verdis macbeth, she triggers the madness of a crazed fan who repeatedly forces the diva to watch the brutal murders of her loved ones. Dec 21, 2014 cristina marsillach, urbano barberini and ian charleson opera 1987, dir. Convinced the opera is bad luck she accepts and becomes the target in argentos unmistakable style of a psychopath a man she has been. Argentos longtime collaborator claudio simonetti combines classic operatic atmospheres with dark electronic grooves and violently smashing rock. Opera dario argento horror film completo ita youtube. Set in the cultish world of ballet and revolving around a performance of swan lake, darren aronofksys the black swan may be the best dario argento movie that argento didnt direct. Convinced the opera is bad luck she accepts, and becomes the target in argentos unmistakable style of a psychopath a man she has been dreaming of since childhood. A few disappointments in this movie include the scene where the wardrobe mistress is targeted, which was odd and had a lot of room for improvement, as well as the ending.
Unfortunately a chilly critical reception overseas prevented it from finding an audience, leaving director dario argento to turn. With julian sands, asia argento, andrea di stefano, nadia rinaldi. The cinematography was by romano albani, and keith emerson composed the film s musical score. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the film, rustblade is releasing the definitive edition of the soundtrack to dario argento s cult film opera. An interview with dario argento video 2006 on imdb. The woman then has to suffer a strange killer murdering those around her. After a stunning performance on opening night, betty head back to her dressing room to find out there was an accident and a stage manager died during the performance. No matter how much it hurts me to say this,the movie is not as good as it could have. Released by deep red in 2003 containing music from opera 1987.
Aronofsky channels argento in gothic thriller the black swan. Unfortunately a chilly critical reception overseas prevented it from finding an audience, leaving director dario argento to turn back to his familiar giallo formula. The subgenre had been around for two decades prior, but by the time films like a blade in the dark, opera, and stage fright were made, they seemed to draw a heavier influence from their american body count slasher cousins than they did the original pulp italian detective films that started the giallo. Urbano barberini and ian charleson opera 1987, dir. Argentos colorful career in horrorthriller cinema began with the violent murder mystery the bird with the crystal plumage, which ignited a wild fever for postsixties postbava giallo films in italy and made dario argento an international filmmaking star. The polaropposite worlds of opera and horror collide in this gory giallo film from director dario argento. Opera is a masterful giallo of the more modern 80s age. A young opera singer betty gets her big chance when the previous star of a production of verdis macbeth is run over by a car.
The story doesnt seem the same as phantom at all, and the only thing the same is the characters names ands the love triangle, and even that is. Betty is nervous, since she is one of the youngest women to ever play the lead in the opera but everyone is counting on her considering she was the understudy for the lead. Opera was one of argentos most commercially successful films, seeing 1,363,912 ticket sales in his native country of italy. Released by kronos in 2010 kronpromocd001 containing music from giallo 2009. Cristina marsillach, urbano barberini and ian charleson opera 1987, dir. Jan 19, 2018 heres another look into the remastered restored edition of dario argento classic horror film, opera 1987 in high definition.
With cristina marsillach, ian charleson, urbano barberini, daria nicolodi. The opera was first performed at the teatro santangelo in venice on 23 january 1717. Opera was one of argento s most commercially successful films, seeing 1,363,912 ticket sales in his native country of italy. It is the second dario argento horror film to have thx audio certified and picture quality.
Cambridge university press cambridge studies in opera. Italian horror director dario argento s shocker opera features a strong display of the filmmakers signature styles in terms of inventive visuals and fantastic murder set pieces, but the film lacks the story cohesion it needs to fall into the category of his classic genre films. Jenifer 2006 starring steven weber and carrie anne fleming on dvd and bluray. His influential work in the horror genre during the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the subgenre known as giallo has led him to being referred to as the master of the thrill and the master of horror his films as director include the animal trilogy, consisting of the bird with. Despite everything it has going however for it the film feels overlong in its final 2. With asia argento, jean shepard, herbert fritsch, gianluca arcopinto. Heres another look into the remastered restored edition of dario argento classic horror film, opera 1987 in high definition. A young italian actress embarks on a selfdestructive spree of sex, drugs and other excess while doing some soul searching to find the path for redemption. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the film, rustblade is releasing the definitive edition of the soundtrack to dario argentos cult film opera.
The film involves a young opera singer who is injured in a car crash and then returns to her singing career after recovering. Although the story wasnt as strong as some of dario argentos other works, it was still worth exploring. Spoiler alert the film follows, betty an young opera singer who takes the world by storm after the another opera singer, mara cecova got inquired when a car stuck her. Get started cinapse in theaters at home on tv streaming features about us tees. A young opperata is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself. Dario argento story, franco ferrini story, dario argento screenplay. Lincoronazione di dario rv 719 is a dramma per musica by antonio vivaldi with an italian libretto by adriano morselli. The film stars anthony franciosa as american author peter neal, who while in rome promoting his latest murdermystery novel becomes embroiled in the search for a serial killer who may have been inspired to kill by his novel.
Christina marsillach tom hanks romantic interest in every time we say goodbye stars as betty, a beautiful understudy who gets an unlikely break to play the female lead in a contemporary opera of verdis macbeth. Its a psychological horrorthriller that recalls the finest of the italian giallo films. The story doesnt seem the same as phantom at all, and the only thing the same is the characters names ands the love triangle, and even that is messed up a bit. Steven weber, who wrote the script, also stars in the episode as frank, a depressive cop who has a lifechanging encounter one fateful afternoon. Far too many contemporary horror directors motivation appears to be to make another film like another film. Dario argentos opera is long considered the italian horror. Or imagine the red shoes directed by hitchcock at his most demented and youll get a sense of the spinetingling.
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