Aria (1987)

Voti degli utenti:

5.6/10   

Directors:

Robert Altman
Bruce Beresford
(ancora)

Scrittori:

Robert Altman (segment)
Bruce Beresford (segment)
(ancora)

Data di uscita:

luglio 1988 (USA)

Genere:

Commedia | Drammatico | Musica

Slogan:

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

Plot:

Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman...

Plot Keywords:

Reading Newspaper | Smoking Cigar | Shot To Death | Mannequin | Erotica

Premi:

1 nomination

Recensioni degli utenti:

Naked Women humina

Cast

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")
Jacques Neuville	...	Bodybuilder (segment "Armide")
Luke Corre	...	Bodybuilder (segment "Armide")
Christiam Cauchon	...	Bodybuilder (segment "Armide")
Philippe Pellant	...	Bodybuilder (segment "Armide")
Patrice Linguet	...	Bodybuilder (segment "Armide")
Lionel Sorin	...	Bodybuilder (segment "Armide")
Jean Coffinet	...	Bodybuilder (segment "Armide")
Alexandre Des Granges	...	Bodybuilder (segment "Armide")
Gérard Vives	...	Bodybuilder (segment "Armide")
Frederick Brosse	...	Bodybuilder (segment "Armide")
Pascal Bermont	...	Bodybuilder (segment "Armide")
Jean Luc Corre	...	Bodybuilder (segment "Armide")
Bernard Gaudray	...	Bodybuilder (segment "Armide")
Dominique Mano	...	Bodybuilder (segment "Armide")
Patrice Tridian	...	Bodybuilder (segment "Armide")
Buck Henry	...	Preston (segment "Rigoletto")
Beverly D'Angelo	...	Gilda (segment "Rigoletto")
Gary Kasper	...	Jake (segment "Rigoletto") (as Garry Kasper)
Anita Morris	...	Phoebe ("Rigoletto")
John Hostetter	...	Elvis Impersonator (segment "Rigoletto")
Albie Selznick	...	Bell Boy (segment "Rigoletto")
Stan Mazin	...	Dancer (segment "Rigoletto")
Dominic Salinero	...	Dancer (segment "Rigoletto")
Jeff Calhoun	...	Dancer (segment "Rigoletto")
Elizabeth Hurley	...	Marietta (segment "Die tote Stadt")
Peter Birch	...	Paul (segment "Die tote Stadt")
Bridget Fonda	...	Lover (segment "Liebestod")
James Mathers	...	Lover (segment "Liebestod")
Angie Tetamontie	...	Las Vegas Lady (segment "Liebestod")
Esther Buchanan	...	Las Vegas Lady (segment "Liebestod")
Lorraine Cote	...	Las Vegas Lady (segment "Liebestod")
Renee Korn	...	Las Vegas Lady (segment "Liebestod")
Bertha Weiss	...	Lady with Glove (segment "Liebestod")
Dyanne Thorne	...	Bride (segment "Liebestod") (as Diane Thorne)
Howard Maurer	...	Groom (segment "Liebestod") (as Howie Maurer)
Derick Coleman	...	Indian Boy (segment "Liebestod")
Quentin Brown	...	Indian Boy (segment "Liebestod")
Linzi Drew	...	Girl (segment "Nessun dorma")
Andreas Wisniewski	...	(segment "Nessun dorma")
Kwabena Manso	...	(segment "Nessun dorma")
Bella Enahoro	...	(segment "Nessun dorma")
Bunty Mathias	...	(segment "Nessun dorma")
Angela Walker	...	(segment "Nessun dorma")
Amy Johnson	...	Old Lady (segment "Depuis le jour")
Tilda Swinton	...	Young Girl (segment "Depuis le jour")
Spencer Leigh	...	Young Man (segment "Depuis le jour")
John Hurt	...	The Actor (segment "I pagliacci")
Sophie Ward	...	The Young Girl (segment "I pagliacci")
Paul Collard	...	Valet (segment "Un ballo in maschera")
George Ellis Jones	...	Chauffeur (segment "Un ballo in maschera")
Danny Fitzgerald	...	Mercedes Man (segment "Un ballo in maschera")
Johnny Doyle	...	Blind Balloon Man (segment "Un ballo in maschera")
David Ross	...	Doorman (segment "Un ballo in maschera")
Lucy Olivier	...	Woman in Background (segment "Un ballo in maschera")
Gordon Winter	...	Man in Background (segment "Un ballo in maschera")
Derek Farmer	...	Motorbike Man (segment "Un ballo in maschera")
Michelle Read	...	Nanny (segment "Un ballo in maschera")
Maximillian Roeg	...	Child (segment "Un ballo in maschera")
resto del cast in ordine alfabetico:
Bernie Bonvoisin	...	(segment "Les Boréades") (uncredited)
Cris Campion	...	(segment "Les Boréades") (uncredited)
Anne Canovas	...	(segment "Les Boréades") (uncredited)
Sandrine Dumas	...	(segment "Les Boréades") (uncredited)
Jody Guelb	...	(segment "Les Boréades") (uncredited)
Julie Hagerty	...	(segment "Les Boréades") (uncredited)
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu	...	(segment "Les Boréades") (uncredited)
Bénédicte Loyen	...	(segment "Les Boréades") (uncredited)
Geneviève Page	...	(segment "Les Boréades") (uncredited)
Delphine Rich	...	(segment "Les Boréades") (uncredited)
Louis-Marie Taillefer	...	(segment "Les Boréades") (uncredited)

Regia di
Robert Altman		(segment "Les Boréades")
Bruce Beresford		(segment "Die tote Stadt")
Bill Bryden		(segment "I pagliacci")
Jean-Luc Godard		(segment "Armide")
Derek Jarman		(segment "Depuis le jour")
Franc Roddam		(segment "Liebestod")
Nicolas Roeg		(segment "Un ballo in maschera")
Ken Russell		(segment "Nessun dorma")
Charles Sturridge		(segment "La virgine degli angeli")
Julien Temple		(segment "Rigoletto")

Scritto da (in ordine alfabetico)
Robert Altman		segment "Les Boréades"
Bruce Beresford		segment "Die tote Stadt"
Don Boyd		segment "I pagliacci"
Bill Bryden		segment "I pagliacci"
Louis de Cahusac		libretto "Les Boréades"
Derek Jarman		segment "Depuis le jour"
Philippe Quinault		libretto "Armide"
Franc Roddam		segment "Liebestod"
Nicolas Roeg		segment "Un ballo in maschera"
Ken Russell		segment "Nessun dorma"
Charles Sturridge		segment "La virgine degli angeli"
Julien Temple		segment "Rigoletto"

Prodotto da
David Barber	....	coordinating associate producer
Richard Bell	....	associate producer (segment "Un Balo in Maschera")
Don Boyd	....	producer
Scott Bushnell	....	associate producer (segment "Lieux desoles")
Al Clark	....	co-producer
Michael Hamlyn	....	coordinating associate producer
Tom Kuhn	....	executive producer
James Mackay	....	co-producer (segment "Depuis de jour")
Jim Mervis	....	executive producer
Charles Mitchell	....	executive producer
Kevan Pegley	....	associate producer
Luc Roeg	....	associate producer (segment "Un Balo in Maschera")
Sigurjon Sighvatsson	....	associate producer (segment "Liebestod")
Paul Spencer	....	associate producer (segment "La vergine degli Angeli")
Amanda Temple	....	associate producer (segment "La Donna e Mobile")

Fotografia di
Gabriel Beristain		(segments, "Turnadot", "I pagliacci" and linking scenes)
Caroline Champetier		(segment "Armide")
Frederick Elmes		(segment "Liebestod")
Harvey Harrison		(segment "Un ballo in Maschera")
Christopher Hughes
Pierre Mignot		(segment "Les Boréades")
Mike Southon		(segment "Depuis le jour")
Dante Spinotti		(segment "Die tote Stadt")
Oliver Stapleton		(segment "Rigoletto")
Gale Tattersall		(segment "La virginie degli angeli")

Montaggio di
Neil Abrahamson		(segment "Rigoletto")
Robert Altman		(segment "Lieux desoles")
Jennifer Augé		(segment "Les Boréades")
Marie-Thérèse Boiché		(segments "Die tote Stadt"/"I pagliacci")
Michael Bradsell		(segment "Nessun dorma")
Peter Cartwright		(segment "Depuis le jour")
Angus Cook		(segment "Depuis le jour")
Mike Cragg		(segment "Vesti La Giubba")
Stephen P. Dunn		(segment "Lieux desoles")
Rick Elgood		(segment "Liebestod")
Jean-Luc Godard		(segment "Enfin il est en ma puissance")
Tony Lawson		(segment "Un ballo in maschera")
Matthew Longfellow		(segment "La virgine degli angeli")
Paul Naisbitt		(segment "Vesti La Giubba")

Responsabile casting
Jackie Baskow		(segment "Liebestod")
Ellen Chenoweth
Susie Figgis
Jeff Gerrard		(segment "Liebestod")
Crystal Lujan		(segment "La Donna e Mobile")

Scenografie di
Scott Bushnell
Paul Dufficey
John Hay
Christopher Hobbs
Matthew C. Jacobs
Diana Johnstone
Andrew McAlpine
Piers Plowden

Architetto-scenografo
Stephen Altman		(segment "Lieux desoles")
Paul Dufficey		(segment "Nessun dorma")
Christopher Hobbs		(segment "Depuis le jour")
Matthew C. Jacobs		(segment "Liebestod")
Diana Johnstone		(segment "Vesti la giubba")
Andrew McAlpine		(segments "La vergine degli angeli" and "Gluck, das mir Verblieb")
Piers Plowden		(segment "La donna e mobile")

Arredatore
Arnaud de Moleron
Deborah Evans
Rossella Scanagatta

Costumi di
Alison Chitty
Jane Hamilton
Shuna Harwood
John Hay
Elisabetta Rogiani
Victoria Russell

Trucco
Vilborg Aradottir	....	makeup artist
Alain Bernard	....	hair stylist
Ann Buchanan	....	hair stylist (as Anni Buchanan)
Ann Buchanan	....	makeup artist (as Anni Buchanan)
Isabelle de Araujo	....	makeup artist
Beatrice Depuy	....	makeup artist
Dominique de Vorges	....	makeup artist
Christine Dhenin	....	makeup artist
Angelo Di Biase	....	makeup artist
Anne Dupuis	....	hair stylist
Christine Duvivier	....	hair stylist
John Egan	....	hair stylist
Maryse Faure	....	hair stylist
Christophe Marlard	....	makeup artist
Isabelle Mauqui	....	makeup artist
Morag Ross	....	makeup artist
Philomene Sammartino	....	makeup artist
Sylvie Sammartino	....	hair stylist
Penny Shawyer	....	makeup artist
Jenny Shircore	....	makeup artist
Pascale Thisseraud	....	makeup artist
Herve Waguet	....	makeup artist

Direttore di produzione
Stephen Brown	....	production manager (segment "Un Ballo in Maschera")
François Hamel	....	production manager (segment "Enfin il est en ma puissance")
Kevan Pegley	....	production manager (segment "Vesti La Giubba")
Howard Woffinden	....	production manager (segment "La Donn e Mobile")
Daniel Wuhrmann	....	production manager (segment "Lieux desoles")

Aiuto regista
Barry Blackmore	....	assistant director (segment "La Vergine degli Angeli")
Reynald Calcagni	....	assistant director (segment "Enfin il est en ma puissance")
Yann Gilbert	....	assistant director (segment "Lieux desoles")
Peter Kohn	....	assistant director (segment "Vesti La Giubba")
Jaques Lobeleux	....	assistant director (segment "Enfin il est en ma puissance")
Iain Patrick	....	assistant director (segment "Un Ballo in Maschera")
Sholto J. Roeg	....	third assistant director
Waldo Roeg	....	assistant director (segment "Un Ballo in Maschera")
Michael Rowles	....	assistant director (segment "La Donna e Mobile")

Dipartimento artistico
Stewart Hadley	....	chargehand
Roland Jacob	....	set dresser (segment "Lieux desoles")

Sonoro
Daniel Bélanger	....	sound re-recording mixer (segment "Lieux desoles")
Simon Bishop	....	sound (segment "Vesti La Giubba")
Philippe Lioret	....	production sound mixer (segment "Lieux desoles")
Stephane Lioret	....	boom operator
François Musy	....	sound re-recording mixer
Neil Walwer	....	sound re-recording mixer (segment "Lieux desoles")

Effetti speciali
Rich Casboro	....	special effects makeup artist (segment "Liebestod")
Malcolm Heywood	....	special effects photography (segment "Vesti La Giubba")

Riprese e attrezzature elettriche
David Bailey	....	still photographer
Paul Borg	....	gaffer
Bob Carlos Clarke	....	still photographer
Greg Gorman	....	still photographer
Michael Katz	....	gaffer (segment "Liebestod")
Annie Leibovitz	....	still photographer
Jonathan Lennard	....	still photographer
Angus McBean	....	still photographer
Terry O'Neill	....	still photographer
Roberto Schaefer	....	Steadicam operator
Snowdon	....	still photographer
Koo Stark	....	still photographer
John Swannell	....	still photographer

Casting
Abi Cohen	....	casting assistant

Costume e guardaroba
Sandy Powell	....	costume designer: segment "Un ballo in maschera"

Dipartimento editoriale
Laurence Starkman	....	editor: closing montage

Reparto musiche
John Eliot Gardiner	....	conductor: opera "Les Boréades"
Philippe Herreweghe	....	conductor: "Armide"

Altro personale
Grover Dale	....	choreographer
Terry Gilbert	....	choreographer
Callie Khouri	....	production coordinator
Richard Morrison	....	title designer

Società di produzione

• R.V.P. Productions (presents)
• Virgin Vision (presents)
• A Don Boyd Production

Distributori

• Miramax Films (1988) (USA) (theatrical)
• A*Vision Entertainment (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• Academy (video)
• Hipervídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Image Entertainment (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Lightyear Entertainment (1999) (USA) (DVD)

Altre società

• RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus  music performers (segment "Un Ballo in Maschera")
• RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus  music performers (segment "La Virgine Degli Angeli")
• La Chapelle Royale  music performers (as Ensemble Vocal Et Instrumental De La Chappelle Royale) (segment "Armide)
• Weyder Gym  filmed on (segment "Armide)
• RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus  music performers (segment "Rigoletto")
• Madonna Inn  filmed on (segment "Rigoletto)
• Münchner Rundfunkorchester  orchestra (segment "Die Tote Stadt") (as Munich Radio Orchestra)
• Monteverdi Choir  chorus (segment "Les Boreades")
• English Baroque Soloists, The  orchestra (segment "Les Boreades")
• Théâtre Le Ranelagh  filmed on (segment "Les Boreades") (as Ranelagh Theatre in Paris)
• Philharmonia Orchestra, The  orchestra (segment "Liebestod") (as Philharmonia Orchestra)
• Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma  music performers (segment "Nessun Dorma") (as Rome Opera House Orchestra)
• Unit 5 Studios  filmed at (segment "Nessun Dorma")
• RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus  music performers (segment "Depuis Le Jour")
• Teatro Amilcare Ponchielli Cremona  orchestra (segment "I Pagliacci") (as Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona)
• ARRI Lighting Rental  light equipment

Durata:

90 min

Nazionalità:

UK

Lingua:

Italiano | Francese | Tedesco

Colore:

Colore

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonoro:

Dolby

Divieti:

Australia:M | UK:18 | USA:R

Compagnia:

R.V.P. Productions

Curiosità:

Woody Allen declined when he was approached to direct a part of this film due to schedule problems.

Collegamenti:

Citato in "Saturday Night Live: Bob Saget/TLC (#20.19)" (1995)

Colonna sonora:

Jouissons, jouissons ! Jouissons de nos beaux ans

Naked Women humina

Although I'm not going to talk about EVERY segment, thank goodness! Aria, as a whole is of course, a somewhat uneven glorious mess, done by 10 directors, 10 different arias, and 10 different stories. They all seem to have one thing in common. Lots and lots of naked women. Not really sure if this was just a bizarre coincidence or if it was a requirement, but Aria seems totally nudity heavy.

Anyways, I found the segments set in the present much more enjoyable then the ones in the past (which makes the arias that much more pretentious). My favorite, of course, was the ultra-bizarre Bud Cort / Beverly D'Angelo pairing about the cheating spouses. Lots of fun there. Close behind was the strange beauty of the Las Vegas one with Bridget Fonda. Again, not all of it (John Hurt anyone?) works, but some of it is interesting enough.