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Topic: LA BOHEME 2008 Blu-Ray
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Claude S. Ayakawa
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Posts: 2738
From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 12-25-2009 02:19 PM
From the zero response this thread has got so far, Giacomo Puccini's LA BOHEME might not be of interest to all of you but I will still post my review of the film and here it is. The Blu-Ray of LA BOHEME arrived from Amazon a week after it was released and I watched it last night on Christmas Eve. A very timely thing to do because Act One of the opera takes place at that time. As expected, the film was beautifully photographed and the performance was superb but there were a few things about this film version that had bothered me very much. First of all, the film was not fully sub titled. The subtitle was partial and only enough just give the viewer who does speak and understand Italian a general idea what was being sung. One most essential part of the opera was not subtitled and it is the exchange of love between Mimi and Rodolfo at the end of act one when Rodolfo asks Mimi "Dammi il bracio mia piccini (Give me your arm my dearest) and she replies "obbedisco signor" (I obey, Monsiur) . Then Rodolfo asks Mimi "CHe mi ami di" (tell me you love me) and Mimi replies "Lo t'amo!" (I love you) . Then the act comes to a touching close when they say to each other "amor Amor (Ah Love, Love). The film used a lot of CGI which were very well done but at times was used in excess such as the act one love scene between Mimi and Rodolfo when the exterior of Paris at night through the large window is suddenly transformed into fast moving clouds during the day for no reason at all. The use of bright red lipstick for Mimi's lips in Act One was also very distracting and unnatural for a girl who was dying from Tuberculosis. The part I have always loved about LA BOHEME is the death scene and when done well has always made me cry like a baby. The way it was done in this movie was dreadful!! First of all there were no blankets to keep Mimi warm as she lay on that sofa dying. She just lay there exposed and when Musetta gives Mimi a fur piece to keep her hands warm, this made the scene even more unreal! When Mimi finally dies, Rodulfo cries out "Mimi! Mimi!, and steps out of the scene and only a uncovered lifeless Mimi is shown when the film fades to dark that had left me totally unmoved and deprived me of the opportunity to cry. What a bummer!
The Blu Ray picture quality was gorgeous with a interview of all the principle cast members and the films' director that ran over an hour and a very informative documentary on the production of the film. In addition to the interviews and production coverage, there is a photo gallery of scenes from the movie which was very nice,
Thank God, I still have the excellent performance of Baz Luhrmann's LA BOHEME on DVD from a live production at the Sydney Opera House with the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra. This production was so successful in Austraia, it was brought to the United States and played in New York City. I think I will watch this DVD tonight and cry at the end.
-Claude
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