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Zeffirelli on Callas,
By H. F. Corbin "Foster Corbin" (ATLANTA, GA USA) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Callas Forever - PAL DVD (DVD)
Franco Zeffirelli as director and co-screenwriter offers up his tribute to his friend, the legendary soprano Maria Callas. The results are a lush and beautifully filmed movie with decent performances by both Fanny Ardant, who plays Callas and in some of the scenes bears an uncanny resemblance to the singer, and the ponytailed Jeremy Irons, who plays her former manager Larry Kelly-- who is gay, not that it matters. Joan Plowright, who from where I sit always plays herself, does it again here.
The plot is all fiction and at times somewhat thin, but then that's what opera is all about; isn't it? Kelly convinces the over-the-hill Callas to stage a comeback with a production of "Carmen" with her lip-syncing to her own beautiful recordings. Forget about the plot. The movie is well worth seeing and hearing for Callas' unearthly singing and the elaborately staged production of "Carmen." Remember Zeffirelli's exquisite production of "Romeo and Juliet"? I thought of that movie while watching this one. This production is quite a delight and easy on the eyes.
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