Qantas as usual are doing their bit to make my taste more catholic in nature by being cheapskates; failing to update their inflight entertainment other than by the addition of a couple of less than attractive new blockbusters. So with nothing on the comedy channel that I didn't see on return journey between Australia and Singapore and every major film already seen in the last round the world or beyond the pale (watching the Spice Girls is a level of degradation too far, I know I went there once) I was forced into the art movie section. Now its not that I don't like art movies, but they are not sleep fodder for long flights. However I have discovered delights in the past and today was no exception. If you get a chance hunt down Cosi, a wonderful multi-layered film about an unemployed director creating a performance of Mozart's opera of infidelity thwarted, in a mental hospital with the patients as cast. Its worth watching for the final scenes alone, but the whole thing works.
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Knowing your liking for things operatic, and your forced interest in art movies (!) you might want to track down a film called Aria. It has been about for some time now (1987) but it is an interesting concept in that it takes the form of a series of individual operatic arias each of which is directed by a different director. So it’s a bit like a high brow video channel but fun nevertheless. Directors include Bruce Beresford, Ken Russell, Robert Altman, Jen Luc Goddard, Nic Roeg etc. so no slouches there.
Might even cheer you up after the rugby :o)
Posted by Tim | November 24, 2008 3:47 PM
Posted on November 24, 2008 15:47
Dave
Cosi is one of my favourite movies - it is just the most beautiful production with a twist - being produced in a mental hospital. So glad you got to see it - sounds like Qantas in flight entertainment picked a winner (for once)
Posted by Nerida Hart | November 25, 2008 11:15 AM
Posted on November 25, 2008 11:15