Diva - Meridian Collection (1981 - Remastered WS)
by Jean-Jacques Beineix
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Actor: Fr?d?ric Andr?i, Jacques Fabbri, Richard Bohringer, Thuy An Luu, Wilhelmenia FernandezDirector: Jean-Jacques Beineix
Brand: Lions Gate
Cinematographer: Philippe Rousselot
Writer: Jean-Jacques Beineix
Producer: Claudie Ossard
Producer: Ir?ne Silberman
Producer: Serge Silberman
Writer: Daniel Odier
Writer: Jean Van Hamme
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 123 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-06-03
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Lionsgate
Movie Reviews of Diva - Meridian Collection (1981 - Remastered WS)
Movie Review: Bravo!
Summary: 4 Stars
I have to admit, the title, "Diva", had me skip over this movie a few times before I decided to watch it. I had bad visuals of a Celine Dion-type giddly involved in a whodunnit. Fortunately, this movie is far more than that. We get a sense from the start that this is a different sort of film. For example, our main character is a Paris postal employee with a fetish for an opera-style soloist. As the movie unfolds, we encounter a few other slightly off-beat characters. At this point, some of us are probably wondering where all this is headed. Fortunately, there something about the movie at this stage that keeps us watching because thing begin to expand. The key to "Diva's success is how the expansion of characters and events gradually contracts back into a conclusion that most of us would probably not have envisioned. I found myself with a great sense of respect for how "Diva" evolved into a very good film.
Summary of Diva - Meridian Collection (1981 - Remastered WS)
Director Jean-Jacques Beineix launched the Cinema Du Look movement with this stylish cult thriller that remains as innovative today as when it premiered in 1981. Jules (FREDERIC ANDREI), a young postal carrier, illegally tapes a concert of a reclusive opera singer (American soprano WILHELMENA WIGGINS FERNANDEZ). Jules' attempts to woo the diva are interrupted when Taiwanese bootleggers come after the recording. His problems become worse when a prostitute slips another tape, one that incriminates a police chief, into his bag. Jules must escape the police chief, the cop's henchmen and the bootleggers to keep both precious tapes safe - and to stay alive. Featuring critically acclaimed cinematography and a celebrated chase through the Paris Metro, DIVA earned Cesar Awards for Best Music, Best Cinematography and Best Directorial Debut.Jean-Jacques Beineix (Betty Blue) made a catchy debut as a director with this slick, defiantly superficial 1982 movie about a young mail carrier who illegally records a performance by an opera singer, then gets the tape mixed up with evidence that could incriminate gangsters. Wearing flashy commercialism like a badge, Beineix fills the screen with explosions of disposable pop kitsch. Yet he also tells a fairly compelling story in the process, a story that only seems to get more interesting the closer one gets to the end. An unusual experience, Diva should be seen also for the influence it had on the look and feel of movies and music videos in the '80s. --Tom Keogh
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