Studio: Academy Entertainment

Genre: Musical

MPAA Rating: R

Director: John Howard Davies

PublishedId: 3499

Cast: Beverly D'Angelo, John Hurt, Theresa Russell, Anita Morris, Bridget Fonda, Buck Henry

UPC: 014381470123, 014381176322, 883929009497

Plot:

An international collection of well-known directors contributed to this compilation film, each fashioning a short film inspired by an aria from a famous opera. The approaches vary broadly, from the playful abstraction of Jean-Luc Godard's segment, which illustrates Armide with exercising body-builders, to the more literal approach of Franc Roddam, who transports Tristan und Isolde's story to modern-day Las Vegas.

A particular stand-out is Julian Temple's take on Rigoletto, which recasts Verdi as the accompaniment to a contemporary Southern California sex farce. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide.