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Opera (1991)

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Reviews Counted: 10

Fresh: 8

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. Cristina Marsillach stars as Betty, a young... 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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Sep 11, 2001

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35:1

Audio:

  • Dolby Surround - English
  • DTS Surround ES 6.1 - English
  • THX Mastered Audio

Additional Release Material:

  • Featurette - 1. "Conducting Dario Argento's OPERA"
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  • Music Video - 1. Daemonia

Interactive Features:

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  • Biographies - 1. Dario Argento - Director

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Singing its praises!

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Frank Swietek
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Stylish, but inane and sadistic Argento thriller.

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06/10/03
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12/03/02
Mark Palermo
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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
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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
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very possibly a dark parody of The Sound of Music

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