Footage: 90min

Year: 1987

片长：90分钟

出品时间：1987

Ten top directors, including Nicolas Roeg, Jean-Luc Godard, Julien Temple, Bruce Beresford, Robert Altman, Ken Russell and Derek Jarman, make 10 different films based on favorite operatic arias by Verdi, Wagner, Puccini and other composers. The only direction the directors were given was that they were to interpret the music.

Nicolas Roeg's segment replays an obscure moment in European history and comes off as nothing much more than a curiosity; Charles Sturridge's images of children trapped in an adult world complement the numinous aria accompanying them; Godard is just as irritating as ever, though he at least should be commended for proving that a professional piece of film can be created with a minimal production crew; Julian Temple choreographs a bedroom farce to Verdi's Rigoletto?Bruce Beresford's contribution, in which virtually nothing happens, ends up as the most disposable entry;  Robert Altman, in a moment of pure perversity, shows us not the theatrical event but the audience watching that event; Franc Roddam expertly transplants the doomed lovers Tristan and Isolde into contemporary Las Vegas; Ken Russell takes us into a mystical mindscape; and Derek Jarman's clip appears so generic that almost any piece of pop music could be dubbed onto it to much the same effect.

十个顶尖的导演，包括Nicolas Roeg，Jean-Luc Godard，Julien Temple，Bruce Beresford，Robert Altman，Ken Russell 和 Derek Jarman等，根据威尔第、瓦格纳、普契尼以及其他作曲家的歌剧咏叹调制作了十部短片。诠释音乐是对他们的唯一要求。

Nicolas Roeg的短片重现了欧洲历史上的黑暗时刻，令人好奇；Charles Sturridge展示的是儿童伴随着神圣的咏叹调进入了成人世界；Godard一如既往地躁动，值得赞赏的是他以最简单的班底制作了一部专业电影；Julian Temple的卧室闹剧表现的是威尔第的Rigoletto？Bruce Beresford的影片里几乎什么都没发生，从开头到结尾都可以自由想象；Robert Altman很是乖僻，呈现给我们的不仅是戏剧还有观看戏剧的观众；Franc Roddam则熟练地把末路情人Tristan和Isolde转换到当代的拉斯维加斯；Ken Russell带我们进入了一个神秘的内心世界；Derek Jarman的短片很通用，差不多可以配上任何流行音乐。

参考资料

《华丽的咏叹》Aria

　 Jan 16, 2004