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July 1988 (USA) moreTagline:
Ten great directors. One unforgettable film. The most sensual experience you'll ever have in a movie theater. morePlot:
Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Uneven, but worth seeing more (19 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Theresa Russell | ... | King Zog (segment "Un ballo in maschera") |
 | Stephanie Lane | ... | Baroness (segment "Un ballo in maschera") |
| Roy Hyatt | ... | Chauffeur (segment "Un ballo in maschera") |
| Sevilla Delofski | ... | Maid (segment "Un ballo in maschera") |
| Ruth Halliday | ... | Companion (segment "Un ballo in maschera") |
| Arthur Cox | ... | Major (segment "Un ballo in maschera") |
| Dennis Holmes | ... | Colonel (segment "Un ballo in maschera") |
| Paul Brightwell | ... | Assassin (segment "Un ballo in maschera") |
| Frank Baker | ... | Assassin (segment "Un ballo in maschera") |
| Chris Hunter | ... | Assassin (segment "Un ballo in maschera") |
| Nicola Swain | ... | Marie (segment "La virgine degli angeli") |
| Jackson Kyle | ... | Travis (segment "La virgine degli angeli") |
| Marianne McLoughlin | ... | Kate (segment "La virgine degli angeli") |
| Marion Peterson | ... | Les Jeunes Filles (segment "Armide") |
| Valérie Allain | ... | Les Jeunes Filles (segment "Armide") |
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Woody Allen declined when he was approached to direct a part of this film due to schedule problems. moreSoundtrack:
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10 respected directors each shot a short film with operatic arias as the inspiration (and music). I'll do each one separately:
Nicolas Roeg (dir)--Giuseppe Verdi (music). A story about an assassination attempt in 1931 Vienna. Theresa Russell (Roegs wife) plays a man! Not bad--very beautiful and exotic. Russell is great.
Charles Sturridge--Verdi. No story but there is some haunting black and white imagery that fits perfectly with the music.
Jean-Luc Godard--Jean Baptiste Lully. Horrendous. Pointless, boring, no plot, no nothing. Filled with gratuitous female nudity. The worst!
Julien Temple--Verdi. Buck Henry, Beverly D'Angelo and Anita Morris star in this funny, if obvious, story about a cheating couple. Pretty good.
Bruce Beresford--Erich Korngold. Short, lush and romantic. Very good.
Robert Altman--Jean-Philippe Rameau. Dull. A yawner.
Fran Roddam--Richard Wagner. This has Bridget Fonda in her film debut. Beautifully done love story with a fairly explicit sex scene.
Ken Russell--Giacomo Puccini. Really strange but OK.
Derek Jarman--Gustave Chapentier. Lyrical look at youth and old age. Very sweet.
The last is by Bill Bryden doing "I Pagliacci". He has John Hurt (!) dressed as a clown lip-syncing to Caruso (!!!).
When this came out it almost got an X rating (for the abundant nudity and the sex scene). It was given an R with a strict warning attached saying the R rating would be heavily enforced. After the film bombed that warning disappeared.
The idea isn't bad and 6 out of the 10 segments were worthwhile. Worth seeing even if you don't like opera. Just avoid the Godard segment. I'm giving it an 8.