Nana Moretti directs himself playing himself in this wry look at life. Presented in three chapters Moretti uses the experiences of travelling on his motor-scooter cruising with his friend around a set of remote islands in search of peace to finish his new film and consulting a series of medical experts to cure his annoying rash and cast a humorous look at his life and those around him. 'Oh my Vespa' 'Islands' and 'Doctors' each create a visual and verbal atmosphere of despair humor and laughter through which hope emerges.
The Harem is a sumptuously sensual darkly satiric drama starring screen siren and Academy Award nominee Carroll Baker as a seductive woman who deceitfully lures the three men she desires to her villa pushing them to their limits by toying with their sexual needs and male egos...
Donizetti's great tragedy is his undisputed masterpiece of melancholic romanticism with the doomed love between Lucia and Edgardo retold from Scott's novel The Bride of Lammermoor. The 1992 production heightens the story's powerful libretto with its dramatic visual design and first-class musical performances. Unlocked from the archives of RAI television this is a classic recording from one of the world's great opera houses.
Verdi was almost eighty when he startled the musical world with his mastery of comic invention in his last opera Falstaff with its brilliant libretto by Arrigo Boito. The story is taken from Shakespeare's play The Merry Wives of Windsor although the central character is much closer to the Falstaff of Henry IV. The roguish Sir John embroils himself in numerous plots and dupes of love and marriage until eventually the Merry Wives get their revenge on him and all plans are thwarted. When Carlo Maria Giulini returned to conducting public performances of opera after an absence of fourteen years he chose this comic masterpiece for the occasion. The great lyric baritone Renato Bruson sings the title role. Katia Ricciarelli leads the trio of merry wives with Lucia Valentini-Terrani as Mistress Quickly and Brenda Boozer as Meg Page. Leo Nucci sings the role of Ford and the young lovers are here portrayed by Dalmacio Gonzalez and Barbara Hendricks. Stunning designs by Hayden Griffen and Michael Stennett provide the perfect setting for this witty interpretation of Shakespeare's masterpiece.
Contains some of Brando's finest but lesser known performances: Burn The Formula Bedtime Story The Men One Eyed Jacks (also directed by Brando). Burn (Dir. Gillo Pontecorvo 1969): (English - Dolby Digital (1.0) Mono / Fullscreen) Manipulative English mercenary Sir William Walker (Marlon Brando) is posted to a Portuguese colony in the Caribbean. Once there he uses his skills to engineer a slave revolt as part of his calculated plans for the English to seize control of t
Nabucco was Verdi's first real success and its nationalistic theme of yearning for freedom made it highly popular in an Italy of 1842 under Austrian rule. The great chorus of the exiled Hebrews 'Va pensiero' has become one of the best-loved of operatic melodies and made Verdi the voice of the Italian people. This performance was recorded in Verona in 1981 where the huge open-air Roman Arena provides a magnificent setting for this vast and spectacular opera. The great baritone Renat
Verdi - Macbeth (Sinopoli Orchestra/Chorus DOB)
April 16 2005 - Almost two years since their first fight Chuck Lidell gets his long-awaited rematch against UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture before the largest crowd ever to see a Mixed Martial Arts event in North America.The undercard features a rematch for the UFC Welterweight Championship as Champion Matt Hughes defends his title against arch rival Frank Tigg. Other featured fighters include top ranked Georges St. Pierre Matt Lindland Ivan Salaverry Joe Riggs and Renato Babalu Sobral. 8 fights total.
Manipulative English mercenary Sir William Walker (Marlon Brando) is posted to a Portuguese colony in the Caribbean. Once there he uses his skills to engineer a slave revolt as part of his calculated plans for the English to seize control of the colony. 'Burn' glows with the fires of Pontecorvo's unique filmmaking genius and Brando's portrayal of a man who is both gentleman and scoundrel revolutionary and colonialist ranks amongst his best performances. Ennio Morricone's haunting
A pirate takes over a lighthouse near Cape Horn intent on luring ships to their destruction. A beautiful woman used as bait by the pirate traps a sole survivor who is attempting to foil the actions of this cunning pirate.
""Brilliant and overwhelming... Among the classics of the screen."" -The New York Times In sweeping epic style the award-winning Rocco & His Brothers tells the story of four poor Italian brothers and their mother who leave their country home and move to bustling Milan with hopes of improving their bitter fortune. The family is thrown into chaos when two of the brothers are torn apart by their love for the same woman and their struggles to succeed in a viciously competitive world. Fr
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A lavish period production of Verdi's best -loved opera featuring two of today's most celebrated stars - American soprano Renee Fleming and Mexican tenor Rolando Villazon. The tragic love-story of the courtesan Violetts and her young admirer Alfredo Germont is set to some of the most popular in all opera, including the irresistible Brindisi (Drinking Song) and Violetta's thrilling Act One finale Sempre Libera. For this performance, filmed live in Los Angeles, the role of Alfredo's father is sung by the great Verdi baritone Renato Bruson.
Before a sold-out Mandalay Bay Events Center Saturday night 'The Iceman' retained his UFC light heavyweight crown with a second round TKO of Randy Couture giving him the final 2-1 edge in the trilogy between the light heavyweight greats. After the bout Couture 42 the only fighter in UFC history to win the heavyweight and light heavyweight titles announced his retirement leaving barely a dry eye in the house. Bout List: 1. Chuck Liddell Vs. Randy Couture 2. Frank Mir Vs. Marcio Cruz 3. Renato Sobral Vs. Mike Van Arsdale 4. Alessio Sakara Vs. Elvis Sinosic 5. Brandon Vera Vs. Justin Eilers 6. Paul Buentello Vs. Gilbert Aldana 7. Jeff Monson Vs. Branden Lee Hinkle 8. Nick Diaz Vs. Joe Riggs 9. Keith Jardine Vs. Mike Whitehead
I due FoscariGiuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)Renato Bruson takes the role of the Venetian Doge - Francesco Foscari - in Verdi's dark three-act tragedy based on a drama by Lord Byron set in 15th century Venice. Giandrea Gavazzeni directs the 1988 La Scala production of a work that is hailed among the best of Verdi's early operas and that led him to a career of operatic immortality. Unlocked from the archives of RAI television this is a classic recording from one of the world's great opera houses.
Highly influential Italian slasher flick has people brutally murdered in an isolated house. Extremely violent semi-incoherent but visually impressive offering from cult director Bava. Essential for cult horror fans.
Inspired by Thomas De Quincey's 'Suspiria de Profundis' and co-written by Argento and his long-term partner Daria Nicolodi SUSPIRIA is Argento's undisputed masterpiece of Grand Guignol horror hitting new peaks of terror through its stunning photography (courtesy of Luciano Tovoli) eye-popping production design and terrifying atmosphere of dread - thanks in no small part to the great score from Goblin! Susy Banyon (Jessica Harper) is an American ballet student travelling to Germany to study at an exclusive dance academy in the Black Forest. After one of the students and her friend are hideously murdered in the first of Argento's breath-catching set-piece killings Susy discovers that the academy has a bizarre history and as the body count rises she gets involved in a hideous labyrinth of murder black magic and madness...
The Man Who Sells War. A Caribbean island in the mid-1800's. Nature has made it a paradise; man has made it a hell. Slaves on vast Portuguese sugar plantations are ready to turn their misery into rebellion - and the British are ready to provide the spark. They send agent William Walker (Marlon Brando) on a devious three-part mission: trick the slaves into revolt grab the sugar trade for England...then return the slaves to servitude. Colonialism and insurrection are explored in the searing epic Burn!. Both visually and narratively stunning Burn! glows with the fires of filmmaking genius. Genius is also evident in Brando's complex intelligent portrayal of a man who is both gentleman and scoundrel revolutionary and colonialist. And Ennio Morricone's haunting music memorably underscores the almost overwhelmingly powerful story.
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