The Life of Verdi
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Movie Reviews of The Life of Verdi
Movie Review: 5 stars for content, *1* star for dvd quality
Summary: 5 Stars
The greatness of Verdi is detailed meticulously in this brilliant miniseries/documentary. If you're a Verdi fan, this is definitely a must see. However, the DVD transfer is horrible. It would seem like that the source of the transfer is an old VHS tape. There are sections where the entire screen and audio are chewed up. This problem occurs frequently in episodes 3-6. Would it have killed Kultur to remaster the source?Movie Review: Loved the story, DVD really stank though!
Summary: 5 Stars
Well to the reviewer of this film that said he wanted the DVD of it, I can only say I hope yours is better than the one we got! All four discs in the new factory sealed copy we received have some major problems, they'll play fine for a bit and then all sorts of lines, fuzziness and sometimes even pauses occur and are most distracting.As to the film itself, we loved it! It is an interesting form of docudrama and we learned much watching it, not just about Verdi, but the changing world he lived in and his part in it. The sets are gorgeous and long as this version is, it didn't drag for us, we couldn't wait to get to the next installment to see what happened next.
I didn't find the narrator annoying, just the awful quality of the dvd! If I can find it in video format I may just buy it.
Movie Review: BBC version has a different narrator!
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this originally on PBS and was thrilled to find it on an online auction. It's the same as I remembered in the early 80s except the narrator is NOT Burt Lancaster! The American actor who did the narration was horrible! It is most assuredly distracting. I've checked and he's not even given credit, which is probably a good thing. When I'm rich I'll purchase the set again, but only if I'm assured that the brilliant narration is done by the brilliant actor Burt Lancaster. Still gets 5 stars in my book!Movie Review: Verdi's Place in History
Summary: 5 Stars
This gigantic biography of Giuseppe Verdi takes up 10 hours and 4 VHS tapes and brilliantly tells the story of his creative genius and his importance in the history of his country. The beautiful Carla Fracci, one of the great ballet dancers of all time, plays the part of Giuseppina Straponi, the soprano who became Verdi's second wife. Of course, there is much great music, and since Verdi lived from 1813 to 1901, this film offers a lesson in the history of that time in Europe.Movie Review: The Life of Verdi
Summary: 5 Stars
I was very glad when I found this Video in Amazon.com. I adored this movie of my foremost favorite Maestro. However, I am NOT buying because I have been waiting for this movie to be released in DVD. In other words I like to preserve the maestro in the best Technology available. VHS is a dying technology. One may find a hard time finding the VCR in stores in the next 10 years. So I wonder why they don't they release this in DVD. I bet the DVD release of this masterpiece may rival the sale of the Lord of the Ring (Just kidding). I would have given this movie a 6 stars rating if I can based on the show I watched in PBS in the late 80's. I believe this movie is extremely closed to the book and events in the life of the great composer. The singing was great and as well as the scenes and dialogs. I do not understand what is the problem of the first gentleman who first reviewed this masterpiece and gave it a one star based on "ACCENTS". I speak Italian with American accent because I am an American, So what is the big deal if the actors have American accent? Of course they have since they are Americans. What really matter here is the story and how it is presented and not how it is accented. The late Burt Lancaster did a great job in the narration of the story and one can tell his passion and love for Opera and for the great master. I salute Ronald Pickup for his portrayal of the great composer and I do not know anybody can do a better job than he did except the great Verdi himself. BRAVO!!!! BRAVISIMO.!!!!!V I V A V E R D I .
7 Stars actually.