Italian horror master Dario Argento may have the most lopsided strengths and weaknesses of any director I've experienced.
Opera (1991)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:10
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: Italian horror master Dario Argento pays homage to THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, which he would remake a decade later, with this film about a hooded killer who torments the opera diva whom he adores.... Italian horror master Dario Argento pays homage to THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, which he would remake a decade later, with this film about a hooded killer who torments the opera diva whom he adores. Cristina Marsillach stars as Betty, a young understudy who gets a chance to star in a production of Verdi's Macbeth when the lead breaks her leg. Her performance receives universal acclaim and also attracts the hooded killer who periodically kidnaps Betty, tapes razor blades under her eyes, and forces her to watch him commit murder. Like most of Argento's films, OPERA is long on style and short on sense, but among his work during the 1980s and 1990s, OPERA is one of the few bright spots. [More]
Starring: Ian Charleson, Cristina Marsillach, Urbano Barberini, Daria Nicolodi
Starring: Ian Charleson, Cristina Marsillach, Urbano Barberini, Daria Nicolodi, William McNamara, Antonella Vitale, Barbara Cupisti, Coralina Cataldi Tassoni
Director: Dario Argento
Director: Dario Argento
Screenwriter: Dario Argento, Franco Ferrini
Composer: Brian Eno, Roger Eno, Claudio Simonetti
Reviews for Opera
An art film through and through, though it be an art film with an unusual number of bloody deaths... one of Argento's most memorable films.
Argento's Opera is a film of rare beauty, a celebration of love's absence and the ferocious force of the gaze.
With its grand scale and brooding themes, the art of opera fits neatly with Argento's lavish stylistics and dark preoccuptations as a filmmaker
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