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Overview
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Release Date:
19 December 1987 (Italy)
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Tagline:
obsession. murder. madness. more
Plot:
A young opperata is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself. full summary | full synopsis
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Opera
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Killing
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Psychopath
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Entrails
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Mutilation
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Awards:
1 nomination
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(From The Guardian - Film News. 28 November 2009, 4:07 PM, PST)
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Calendar of Events 11/08-11/15
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 8 November 2009, 1:30 AM, PST)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 28 November 2009, 4:07 PM, PST)
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Calendar of Events 11/08-11/15
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 8 November 2009, 1:30 AM, PST)
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Flawed but still good
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Cristina Marsillach | ... | Betty | |
| Ian Charleson | ... | Marco | |
| Urbano Barberini | ... | Inspector Alan Santini | |
| Daria Nicolodi | ... | Mira | |
| Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni | ... | Giulia | |
| Antonella Vitale | ... | Marion | |
| William McNamara | ... | Stefano | |
| Barbara Cupisti | ... | Signora Albertini | |
| Antonino Iuorio | ... | Baddini (as Antonio Juorio) | |
| Carola Stagnaro | ... | Alma's mother | |
| Francesca Cassola | ... | Alma | |
| Maurizio Garrone | ... | Maurizio, the raven trainer | |
| Cristina Giachino | ... | Maria, the assistant director | |
| György Gyõriványi | ... | Miro | |
| Bjorn Hammer | ... | Cop #1 |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Terror at the Opera (USA)
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Runtime:
107 min | USA:88 min (edited version)
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Italy:VM14 (re-rating) |
USA:R (heavily cut) |
Canada:16+ (Quebec) |
Germany:18 (TV premiere) (1992) (heavily cut) |
Germany:18 (video rating) (1988) (heavily cut) |
New Zealand:R18 |
Argentina:18 |
Australia:R |
Canada:R |
Finland:K-18 |
Italy:VM18 |
Norway:18 |
UK:18 |
USA:Unrated |
West Germany:18
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The ending of the movie is inspired by the ending of Thomas Harris's book "Red Dragon". In an interview in Luca M. Palmerini's book "Spaghetti Nightmares", Dario Argento states that he did not like Michael Mann's Manhunter (1986), the first film adaptation of "Red Dragon" which used a completely different ending from the one in the novel, but is a fan of Harris's novel. (Ted Tally's screenplay for Red Dragon (2002) later adapted this ending more faithfully.)
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Crew or equipment visible: In the killer's POV shot entering the costume workshop, the camera and camera dolly are seen in a mirror on the right.
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Soundtrack:
Amami Alfredo
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Opera (1987)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| Bracelet question | jamieleefan1 |
| The Ending.. | lonchaney20 |
| A WASTE OF LIFE | JustBeOK |
| Betty is..so stupid. | rufio_casanova |
| She closes her eyes... | WarNerve626 |
| Opera Soundtrack Question | Tom-373 |
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An opera diva has an accident, which leaves the door open for her understudy to take over the role. Betty (Marsillach) is now the star of Mac Beth, but someone hiding in the trenches has an opera of his own planned out. He gets his kicks out of tying Betty up, putting needles under her eyes (so she cant close them) and murdering members of the opera company before her very eyes.
"Opera" is certainly one of Argento's more ambitious films, like mixing it up with Shakesphere's Macbeth there is of course the fact that the opera performed in the film is Giuseppe Verdi's version of Macbeth but also Argento, just like Shakespeare uses ravens as an omen of death and misfortune. And like the ravens circling the castle Dunsinane, foreboding the demise of the scheming Macbeth, the ravens in OPERA play a key part in the downfall of the killer. Furthermore just like in the old play the murderer acts on the exhortation of his lover. But I don't want to go as far as saying OPERA is intended to be a remake of the either The Phantom of the Opera or Macbeth, the similarities are far too subtle. It's just a typical Argento masterstroke, and with it he gives this otherwise quite basic thriller a vivid hue of Gothic mystique.
Although this movie does have it downsides like the heavl metal soundtrack just doesn't fit in with this movie and the final scenes in this movie are a bit strange.
All in all "Opera" is something of a flawed masterpiece but still good.