Word: angeles
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...revived "classic" film often loses some of the luster of its reputation, for once-revolutionary techniques no longer seem remarkable. A brilliant exception to this pattern, The Blue Angel anticipated modern camera developments in 1930 and after thirty years still strikes a fresh note...
Sternberg is a master of milieu most of all: he clutters the stage of the Blue Angel with people, clouds, and animals. The nightclub writhes with activity. So many women are seated behind Dietrich that at first it is difficult to pick her out from her immediate surroundings. This tawdry baroque contracts heavily with the stark, antiseptic hallways at the Gymnasium. Rath has entered a new world...
This Kafkaotic little (15 minutes) fable, created by Raymond Polanski, a 19-year-old student at the Polish film school in Warsaw, mingles slapstick and horror with a screw-loose intensity seldom seen on screen since Emil Jannings went berserk in the last reel of The Blue Angel. What does it mean? Obviously nothing favorable to Poland's Communist society, but one guess is as good as another. One guess: in an evil world, virtue is an unbearable burden...
...past (she started her acting career in The Reluctant Debutante). She flung herself about the stage with controlled abandon, was even tougher than Anne Bancroft in the unforgettable New York version-"more the obstinately dedicated skivvy," wrote one critic, "and less the intense angel of mercy...
Among the stopping points: the Jewel Song from Faust, Mi chiamano Mimi from Boheme, Signore, ascolta from Turandot. For insatiable Moffo fans, Angel also offers an album of Coloratura Arias (Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis) that are every bit as distinguished, with the single exception of the Lucia di Lammermoor Mad Scene: the delivery is splendid, but Moffo sounds about as mad as a hermit thrush...