The Clandestine Marriage
by Christopher Miles
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Actor: Joan Collins, Nigel Hawthorne, Timothy SpallDirector: Christopher Miles
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 87 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-11-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Ventura Distribution
Movie Reviews of The Clandestine Marriage
Movie Review: Interesting comedy of errors.
Summary: 3 Stars
I had great expectations of this film due to my great interest in Cimarosa's operatic adaption of this play, "Il matrimonio segreto". The acting was top notch, the farce and satire well played if a little on the gentle side for a Rococo comedy of errors such as this. Collins did a great job in her role as the overbearing aunt but the performance was tainted by what sounded like a re-dub of her lines in post production. The production itself, from costumes, to interiors, to the exterior gardens is respectful of the times. The narrative action propels forward relatively well with little to no hold-ups.
In conclusion, I would have to say that my expectations where a bit over stretched. I prefer Cimarosa's adaption to this film because of the poignancy that this composer is able to place on the imbroglio of the plot. Even though there are far less characters in "Il matrimonio segreto " and the action is thinned by recitative and show piece aria's, the theatricality of opera allows for developmental scenes like the fist and second finales that you can't quite reproduce in this kind of film. Therefore I would suggest that anyone who enjoys this classic play give Cimarosa's opera a go; you may be surprised at how much you enjoy it as well.
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