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...young peasant couple of Zerlina and Masetto, Jessica G. Peritz ’05 and Oussama Zahr ’04-’05, display just as much confidence and charisma as their older, professional counterparts. Peritz skillfully shifts her operatic tone from girlishly naïve (in one duet with Don Giovanni) to seductive and pleading, as she tries to win back Masetto’s love...
...praise. Deep focus is used expertly to draw attention to the myriad details that comprised village life in nineteenth century Korea: the glowing embers of a tavern hearth, the massive earthen pots keeping sentry at the portals of village hovels, the snow-speckled and hard-trod paths interlacing peasant dwellings. The camera moves deliberately, often pausing over a stark landscape seconds longer than is customary, allowing the beauty of each scene to resonate with the viewer...
Meanwhile, Don Giovanni tries to take a new conquest and seduces newlywed peasant Zerlina (Caitlin C. Vincent ’07/Jessica G. Peritz ’06) from her husband Masetto (John F. Errington ’05/Oussama Zahr...
...light. Here Caravaggio's sharp illumination is not just a pictorial device; it's God's own light, thrown onto the scene. The mocking figure at lower right is the Roman proconsul who ordered the crucifixion, dressed in the armor of Caravaggio's day. At left is a peasant woman with a goiter who represents the faithful. Between them Caravaggio has left open a space for us to enter the picture and choose sides. Naples was also where Caravaggio painted The Flagellation of Christ, part of his attempt to bring his innovations in line with the conventions of classical form...
Uncle Nino (Pierrino Mascarino) is an elderly Italian peasant who decides to travel to America for the first time to see Robert (Joan of Arcadia’s Joe Mantegna), his brother’s son, and what he finds is far from his expectations...