Opera (Dario Argento)

Martes, 14 Mayo

Opera (Dario Argento)

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OPERA    1987 Directed by Dario Argento 107 minutes In Italian with English subtitles
 
Made during one of director Dario Argento's most eclectic periods, many feel it was his last great explosion of surrealism before he lost his touch. Filled with his trademark swirling and prowling camerawork, it remains a stylized Italian 'giallo' horror movie, but one that is actually a tribute to the Grand Guignol theatre in Paris. Here Argento fuses the world of grande opera with the Guignol's twisted darker side. In fact, because of this film, we can now re-interpret most of Argento's early films as a kind of opera - with their bright bold colors and their predilection for unrestrained flamboyance.
 
This flick centers on a production of Verdi's Macbeth in Rome. When a singer suddenly becomes ill, replacement singer Betty suddenly has her chance to take the lead role. This brings her fame, but also something she wasn't expecting... a stalker. The person who is haunting her is no normal assailant. Instead of threatening to kill her, he forces her to watch as he kills her best friends. The first murder might have some plausibility, but when it happens over and over the entire scenario begins to feel like a reoccurring fever-dream. It is "gorgeously over the top" with lush visuals, bizarre plotting, sharp direction, some bad acting and a typically wild soundtrack that brings together Verdi, heavy metal, Claudio Simonetti, and Brian Eno. But let's be clear: Although his films can have excessive violence in them, it is a stylized kind, often working with our imagination... and they have nothing to do with the dumbed-down, low-res, horror-porn that so many movies have been reduced to today. Argento's flicks are always high-octane creativity, and are more like cinematic explosions of expressionism.
 
This will be a high-definition screening.

Fecha y hora: 

Martes, 14 Mayo, 2019 - 20:30

Categoría: 

  • cine

Precio: 

  • 3-5 €
- 3 €
Filmhuis Cavia
Van Hallstraat 52-1
1051 HH Amsterdam
Países Bajos

Ruta e indicaciones: 

Go through the gate. Cavia is on the right hand side, above Xena Sports. Take the stairs.

Squat: 

Former squat, now legalised

Filmhuis Cavia is a counterculture cinema, (legally) founded by a squatters movement in 1983, which programs films you aren't likely to see anywhere else.

categorías: 

  • cine

horario de apertura: 

We're open a couple of days in the week. Look us up to find our monthly program.
Doors always open half an hour before the film starts.

Proyecciones de cine siempre en inglés o con subtítulos en inglés.

categorías: 

  • cine

horario de apertura: 

El programa semanal es generalmente de domingo a jueves en varios locales del circuito underground / autónomo. En algunos sitios las proyecciones son todas las semanas el mismo día, en otras son mensuales o quincenales. Véase Cinemanita, Cinema Derive, Cine Interzone, Blue Rascal Cinema, Spinema, Can Dialectics Break Bricks Cinema, etc..