Opera and Film Session #6 Video: Operatic Music in Movies – Soundtracks -- Isabel Leonard and Alex Ross -- Tuesday August 11, 2020

Session #6: Operatic Music in Movies – Soundtracks Tuesday, August 11th, 7:30 PM NY Time  Operatic music has been a mainstay of film soundtracks since the beginning – even predating sound in film. What are we being told when we hear opera in movies? Why does it seem that German Opera = WAR and Italian Opera = civil and sexual disorder in movies? And so what does French Opera =? Special Guests: Isabel Leonard & Alex Ross Films discussed include Un chien andalou (Buñuel); Apocalypse Now (Coppola); The Hunger (Scott); The Godfather, Part III (Coppola); The Fifth Element (Besson); La vita è bella (Benigni) There was no Playlist for this session.