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Julia Migenes-Johnson,
Julia Migenes,
Julia Migenes,
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Francesco Rosi,
Francesco Rosi
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: Columbia TriStar
: Foreign, France, Musicals
: 155 min.
: English, Spanish, French
: English, Spanish, French
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Georges Bizet's 1875 opera about Carmen, the colorful cigarette factory worker whose flirtations with the soldier Don José are forgotten in her love for the matador Escamillo, is the source for director Francesco Rosi's cinematic version of the same story. Plácido Domingo sings the part of Don José, Julia Migenes-Johnson sings Carmen, and Ruggero Raimondi is Escamillo. Although there is nothing to fault in the singing itself, some viewers may feel that director Rosi has stayed closer to a stage production than the medium of film would warrant. Carmen received the 1984 Cesar award for "Best Sound." ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
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by DPOWERS
January 9, 2003 - 5:58 PM PST
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7 out of 9 members found this review helpful
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everything is there in this movie. singing, settings, shot selection, costumes, colors, dust, rocks, chairs, food, sweat, and fires. it inventively explores the life of the countryside during overtures and interludes. you can even squint a little and pretend that don josé is antonio banderas or eduardo noriega, sometimes he even makes a cute face to help you. so it should be possible to have a total fantastic carmen experience with this movie.
the question is: can you live with a carmen who can't dance? can you accept a carmen who is less hot than every other woman in the movie? if you can do that, you're home free!
if not, maybe you can just wait through the big chunks of the movie where she's wrong for the scene and just soak in all the great work they did, that could have been the greatest carmen of all, because it's really pretty. |
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| Operas and Ballets at GreenCine, annotated |
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| {a list in progress}: GC's 'Music' and 'Music Videos/Performance' genres return tons of entries, mostly pop, but still omit a lot. Here's what I find (1/08) of 'classical' opera & ballet, loosely defined, but excluding purely instrumental performances. |
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