The Threepenny Opera - Criterion Collection
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Movie Reviews of The Threepenny Opera - Criterion Collection
Movie Review: Ausgezeichnete Film
Summary: 4 Stars
Considering its age, and the sheer fact of it's survival in spite of the Nazi's destruction of all copies they could find, it is an interesting and impressive piece. Since this was made close to the time that Weil and Brecht wrote the piece, I think it is closer to the rubrick than later versions. My only problem was that, as is often the case, the subtitles bore little or no resemblance to what was actually being sugn.Movie Review: Great despite poor quality of re-assembled film segments
Summary: 4 Stars
The video was re-assembled from pieces of the film which the Nazis tried to destroy (along with all printed copies of the score) during their rise to power. The performances are amazing and convey very well what Brecht and Weill were trying to show--that what had been bad was now socially and politically acceptable and what was good is now ineffective. Lotte Lenya is truly amazing as Jenny, a character she created on the stage in the premiere of the work. One who is interested in this period of history must see this video!