ENO's 1992 production by Nicholas Hytner helped put Handel's operas back on the map. A plot of jealousy, infidelity and treachery results in a cocktail of bravura music. Opens with one of Handel's best known arias, Ombra Mai Fu, sung by Serse, King of Persia, in honour of a plane tree and its shade. Other good Handel: Rinaldo, Radamisto, Tamerlano, Rodelinda, Ariodante, Alcina. Caesar, written for castrato, is often sung by a countertenor. 3 Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar)Īn epic of love and war often considered Handel's finest work, Giulio Cesare has a richly intricate plot and the bonus of a brilliantly characterised and outrageously seductive Cleopatra (see Glyndebourne's Opus Arte DVD with the dancing Danielle de Niese as Cleo). In addition to sailors and witches, Purcell gave us one of the most sublime laments in opera: Dido's When I Am Laid in Earth. 2 Dido and AeneasĪ lone English operatic success until the 20th century, Dido recounts the tale of the tragic Queen of Carthage and her love for Aeneas, inconveniently en route to found a new Troy. A popular operatic subject (Gluck, Jaques Offenbach, Philip Glass), L'Orfeo is emotional, melancholy and transcendent. The sorrowful Orpheus, through his music, tries to save her from the Underworld. Monteverdi was the "founding father" of operatic form. Definitely recommended.With a mythological musician as hero, L'Orfeo ranks as the first great opera. There are some scenes in the film, directly taken from a more famous movies (Jonas invading the police station is a complete “Terminator” rip-off, yet it looks okay), but overall, its a great midnight entertainment.Įspecially if you’re into Cuba Gooding jr, mark my word, this film is actually better than it looks like. I can actually see why Gooding accepted the part of Jonas – throughout the whole film he gets to wreak havoc, he has the coolest lines (“If it was a joke, would it be funny” – this one is already a classic!), and it seems like he’s having fun. Hauser and Gooding have a fantastic scene at the bar, where you can actually feel how pathetic Alan is, and Jonas (like he says himself “i am the only real friend you ever had Alan”) feels that his new “friend” needs some help, only he can provide. You want him to succeed.Īnyway, the script is quite thin, but interesting direction, and dialogues make you want to continue watching. This is actually the movie, that makes you root for the killer (in this case, its Gooding Jr). Alan has to figure out what’s going on and somehow stop Jonas from killing everyone…
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After a nice little talk with Alan, Jonas offers him a deal – Alan picks 5 people whom he hates most of all, and Jonas will “take care of them”.Īlan at first doesn’t believe Jonas is the real deal, plus he is drunk, so he does write down 5 names… And the next day, bodies start to pile up.
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That same day, Alan gets drunk in a bar, and meets Jonas, a mysterious man (Cuba Gooding jr), who turns out to be a professional killer. However, in just one night, he will forget about all that, since a lot bigger problems will arise… Simple yet solid story focuses on a loser, named Alan Campbell (played by Cole Hauser), who, one day loses it all – he fails to get a job promotion, his wife appears to be cheating on him with his best friend and Alan feels like a “human punching bag”. One of his latest, “The Hit List” – can also be considered a low-budget film, yet it turned out to be much more than that. Recently however, Gooding has been involved with numerous low-budget productions, way below his star status (which, according to some, continues to fall, after he got an Oscar). I have seen a few of his films, the guy can act, that’s for sure, but that’s it for me (maybe because he was an A’list actor first?). I cannot say I am a die hard Cuba Gooding jr fan, neither i can assure that i am familiar with his work.
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