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Opera (1991)

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Reviews Counted:12

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Rotten:2

Average Rating:6.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

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

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Italian horror master Dario Argento may have the most lopsided strengths and weaknesses of any director I've experienced.

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09/26/09
Gabe Leibowitz
Gabe Leibowitz
Film and Felt

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.

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06/29/09
Tim Brayton
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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Singing its praises!

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02/24/06
Staci Layne Wilson
Staci Layne Wilson
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01/26/06
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03/24/04
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02/25/04
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

Stylish, but inane and sadistic Argento thriller.

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06/10/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
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12/03/02
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Argento's Opera is a film of rare beauty, a celebration of love's absence and the ferocious force of the gaze.

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12/04/01
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

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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11/20/01
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

very possibly a dark parody of The Sound of Music

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10/31/01
Walter Chaw
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