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.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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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]