Aria Movie Review
Aria Review
"Aria" Overview
Rating: R
1987
Cast and Crew
Director : Robert Altman,Bruce Beresford,Bill Bryden,Jean-Luc Godard,Derek Jarman,Franc Roddam,Nicolas Roeg,Ken Russell,Charles Sturridge,Julien TempleProducer : Don Boyd
Screenwiter : Robert Altman,Bruce Beresford,Don Boyd,Bill Bryden,Derek Jarman,Franc Roddam,Nicolas Roeg,Ken Russell,Charles Sturridge,Julien Temple
Starring : Theresa Russell,Stephanie Lane,Roy Hyatt,Sevilla Delofski,Nicola Swain,Jackson Kyle,Marianne McLoughlin,Marion Peterson,Valérie Allain,Jacques Neuville,Buck Henry,Beverly D'Angelo,Gary Kasper,Anita Morris,John Hostetter,Elizabeth Hurley,Peter Birch,Bridget Fonda,James Mathers,Angie Tetamontie,Esther Buchanan,Lorraine Cote,Renee Korn,Bertha Weiss,Linzi Drew,Andreas Wisniewski,Kwabena Manso,Amy Johnson,Tilda Swinton,Spencer Leigh,John Hurt,Sophie Ward,Paul Collard,George Ellis Jones,Danny Fitzgerald,Gordon Winter,Derek Farmer,Michelle Read,Maximillian Roeg
Every decade or so, those wacky independents try this stunt -- getting a bunch
of Big Name Directors together to make a collaborative movie. Invariably, it
sucks (see Lumiere and Company), but rarely does it suck so hard as it does in
Aria.
The conceit this time: Each director takes a piece of classical music and sets
it to film -- mostly without dialogue and invariably without any sense
whatsoever.
Examples: Naked women fawn over/threaten to stab sweaty bodybuilders. Buck
Henry and wife cheat on each other unknowingly. Naked Elizabethans watch a
play. Bridget Fonda (naked) romps in a Vegas hotel then commits suicide with
her man. There is a clown with a drum. Elizabeth Hurley makes her (naked)
screeen debut.
We applaud all this nakedness, we really do -- but seriously, do vanity
projects like this really need to be made? Don't we all have better things to
do?
Reviewer: Christopher Null
