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| 3 | ''Aria'' is a 1987 British anthology film consisting of ten shorts, each directed by a different famous director. As the titles implies, the segments are all set to music from famous operas as follows: |
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| 5 | * Excerpts from ''Theatre/UnBalloInMaschera'', directed by Creator/NicolasRoeg, about a kind (Creator/TheresaRussell) who goes to visit his lover when assassins try to kill him. |
| 6 | * "La Vergine Degli Angeli", from ''Theatre/LaForzaDelDestino'', directed by Charles Sturridge, about three children who steal a luxury car and set fire to it. |
| 7 | * Excerpts from ''Armide'', directed by Creator/JeanLucGodard, about two cleaning women who [[EatingTheEyeCandy get turned on by male bodybuilders]] at the gym where they work. |
| 8 | * Excerpts from ''Theatre/{{Rigoletto}}'', directed by Creator/JulienTemple, about a man (Creator/BuckHenry) at a hotel with his lover (Creator/BeverlyDAngelo) in UsefulNotes/LasVegas, while his wife (Creator/AnitaMorris) is with her lover at the very same hotel. Features an ElvisImpersonator lip-synching to part of the opera. |
| 9 | * "Gluck, das mir Verblieb", from ''Theatre/DieToteStadt'', directed by Creator/BruceBeresford, about two lovers (Creator/ElizabethHurley and Creator/PeterBirch) who lip-sync the aria while in bed in a desolate city. |
| 10 | * Excerpts from ''Abaris ou les Boreades'', directed by Creator/RobertAltman, about a preview of the opera being shown to inmates at an insane asylum. |
| 11 | * "Liebestod" from ''Theatre/TristanUndIsoldeWagner'', directed by Franc Roddam, which casts the doomed lovers (James Mathers and Creator/BridgetFonda) in modern-day UsefulNotes/LasVegas. |
| 12 | * "Nessun Dorma" from ''Theatre/{{Turandot}}'', directed by Creator/KenRussell, about a young woman who's being operated on in a hospital after a car accident, while she dreams she's part of a tribal rite. |
| 13 | * "Depuis Le Jour" from ''Louise'', directed by Creator/DerekJarman, about an opera singer giving her final performance while she remembers her life (Creator/TildaSwinton plays the younger version of the singer in flashbacks). |
| 14 | * "Vesti La Giubba" from ''Theatre/{{Pagliacci}}'', directed by Bill Bryden, a FramingDevice about an aging opera star (Creator/JohnHurt) preparing for his last performance. |
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| 16 | !!Tropes Found In This Film Include: |
| 17 | * Main/AnthologyFilm: Well, naturally. |
| 18 | * Main/AtTheOperaTonight: The first segment, ''Un ballo in maschera'' is set in part at an opera performance. |
| 19 | * Main/GenteelInterbellumSetting: The first short, set in 1931, fits this trope. There are certainly lots of beautiful period costumes. |
| 20 | * Main/PublicDomainSoundtrack: Much of the music is quite old and, thus, qualifies. |
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