The Magic Flute (Blu-ray) G
We only see Bergman, we only hear Mozart
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: G
- Run Time: 2 hours, 18 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: March 12, 2019
- Originally Released: 2019
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Josef Köstlinger, Irma Urrila, Håkan Hagegård & Ulrik Cold | |
Directed by | Ingmar Bergman | |
Edited by | Siv Lundgren | |
Screenplay by | Ingmar Bergman | |
Director of Photography: | Sven Nykvist |
Entertainment Reviews:
This sprightly version of Mozart's opera is a charming achievement for Bergman...
USA Today
Rating: 3/4 --
In the end, love triumphs. In this movie, the music triumphs, proving again that a true masterpiece can survive all kinds of meddling.
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Toronto Star
Rating: 2/5 --
His flamboyant rendering of the Mozart opera isn't as smug and stagey as Sleuth, but it is insufferable - and 40 minutes longer.
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Independent (UK)
Rating: 0.5/5 --
Mozart in the Branagh meat grinder.
Film Threat
Rating: 3/4 --
The results are often fascinating (I love the duet of the Armed Men, sung by a chorus of faces animated out of a wall of sandbags), sometimes ludicrous and never boring.
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Globe and Mail
The film is fresh, spectacular and unafraid to be called philistine.
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Financial Times
With James Conlon conducting, this Flute is perfectly in tune - so it's a shame Branagh keeps dropping it in the mud.
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Daily Telegraph (UK)
Product Description:
Ingmar Bergman has stated that THE MAGIC FLUTE had long since been an inspiration to him by the time he directed this movie version of an actual staging of Mozart's opera. In Emanuel Schikaneder's libretto--performed here in Swedish instead of German--Prince Tamino (Josef Köstlinger) is sent by the mysterious and powerful Queen of the Night (Birgit Nordin) to rescue her daughter, Pamina (Irma Urrila), from the sorcerer Sarastro (Ulrik Cold), who has kidnapped the girl. Tamino is aided on his mission by the bird catcher Papageno (Håkan Hagegård), an endearing buffoon (and arguably the opera's most popular character) who wants nothing more than to find himself a loving wife. The director presents a shortened version of the story, enhanced with a Freudian plot element (of sorts), while also giving the piece a slight overhaul for a more modern, less politically questionable feel. Bergman shows the goings-on onstage, often zooming in for close-ups of the performers' interaction with one another, interspersed with shots of individual faces in the audience. The actors were mostly chosen for their appearance and stage presence rather than their vocal prowess, though Hagegård has been singled out by critics for his fine performance and went on to enjoy a distinguished music career.
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- Sales Rank: 74,853
- UPC: 715515227216
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