Jacquot transposes Giacomo Puccini's famous opera to film in this stunningly filmed, sung and performed production featuring two of today's hottest opera stars. The films starts with black-and-white footage of the recording studio. He then brings the action forward on the sets, but makes frequent cuts to the studio. This avoids the sense of having filmed a staged production, and establishes an air of non-reality. Jacquot then adds a further visual dimension to the film by filming dazzling sequences of gardens and the night sky in Italy using a video camera. The two singers are also a couple in real life, a fact which adds emotional depth to their personas.
Source: 26th HKIFF (2002)
DISC INFO:
Disc Title: Tosca.2001.ITALIAN.2160p.BluRay.HEVC.DTS-HD.MA.5.1-SNTN
Disc Size: 31,397,957,860 bytes
Protection: AACS2
BD-Java: No
Extras: Ultra HD, 50Hz Content
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