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All the trademarks are here: minimal plot, striking set pieces, baroque camera movements, misogynist violence. As always, though, the most horrific thing is the dubbing.
Opera
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Italy · 1987
1h 47m
Director Dario Argento
Starring Cristina Marsillach, Ian Charleson, Urbano Barberini, Daria Nicolodi
Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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When the star performer of Verdi's Macbeth gets seriously injured, young opera singer Betty takes over her role. Unbeknownst to Betty, her appearance on stage has triggered an obsessed fan. The deranged stalker makes her watch as he cruelly murders her fellow performers, hoping to claim her as his own.
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Opera is a violent aria of memory, bad luck, the artistic drive and the horror of the stare.
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Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
Opera, while undeniably entertaining, winds up overwhelming its suspense with morbidity. [13 Jun 1990, p.F6]
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