a new film about the life of opera singer Maria Callas.
notice the brown muted cinematography? Why do modern film makers do this? I see this bad cinematography in a lot of modern Hollywood films, not just this one. Are they stressing her losing her voice and dying by their choice of colour balance? Who knows?
Angelina Joilie does the role fairly well: again a muted performance, and good enough acting that in a lot of scenes we don't notice the actress but the person she is portraying. But not in all scenes, alas.
the plot? Well, unless you know her life story, you will be confused.
But the music? Worth every minute of the film.
So I suggest you put it on when you are doing something else and enjoy the wonderful music. Callas was famous, not just for her voice, which in later years deteriorated according to experts (just read the Wikipedia page that analyzes this in detail), but for her acting ability: She could hold audiences spellbound by her ability to portray the role in the operas.
this biographical film shows clips of her singing and discusses her life:
and here is a BBC biography of her life and singing:
No comments:
Post a Comment