Aria

Aria (1987)

Ten great directors. One unforgettable film. The most sensual experience you'll ever have in a movie theater.

Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound, and is an interpretation of the particular aria.

Date of release
1987-05-27
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (51)
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Music, Comedy, Drama
Director
Nicolas Roeg, Charles Sturridge, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Julien Temple, Ken Russell, Franc Roddam, Derek Jarman, Bill Bryden

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Bruges, California, Las Vegas Valley, London, Paris, and Arizona

Aria is a 1987 British anthology film produced by Don Boyd that consists of ten short films by ten different filmmakers, each showing the director's choice of visual accompaniment to one or more operatic arias. There is little or no dialogue, with most words coming from the libretto of the operas in Italian, French, or German. The film was entered into the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.

Production

The film was made with part finance from Virgin Films.

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