Aria
By: producer, Don Boyd
Contributors: Beresford, Bruce, screenwriter, director; Hurt, John, 1940-2017, actor; Swinton, Tilda, actor; Fonda, Bridget, actor
Edition: 30th anniversary edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 86
Subjects: Drama; Operas; Excerpts
Other titles: Aria (Motion picture)
Description: Ten renowned film directors each direct a vignette inspired by an excerpt from an opera of their choice.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1987.

Inspired by excerpts from the operas of Verdi, Lully, Korngold, Rameau, Wagner, Puccini, Charpentier, and Leoncavallo.

Dolby digital 2.0, anamorphic wide screen 1.78:1.

Features: stills gallery.

John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Bridget Fonda, Theresa Russell, Buck Henry, Beverly D'Angelo, Anita Morris.

MPAA rating: R.

For private home use only.

Closed-captioned.
Table of contents: title: Les Boréades / written and directed by Robert Altman; title: Die tote Stadt / written and directed by Bruce Beresford; title: Armide / directed by Jean-Luc Godard; title: I pagliacci / written and directed by Bill Bryden; title: Depuis le jour / written and directed by Derek Jarman; title: Liebestod / written and directed by Franc Roddam; title: Un ballo in maschera / written and directed by Nicolas Roeg; title: Nessun dorma / written and directed by Ken Russell; title: La virgine degli angeli / written and directed by Charles Sturridge; title: Rigoletto / written and directed by Julien Temple.