The Magic Flute / Ingmar Bergman
Label: CRITERION COLLECTION Catalog: CRRNMAG100DVD Format: DVD 1 DVD - Label: Criterion Collection - 71 - Die Zauberflote, K.620 - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - : Ingmar BergmanA longtime pet project of Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Magic Flute was finally brought to the screen in 1973. While the opera itself is offered in a highly stylized and theatrical fashion, the fluidity of the camerawork turns the affair into a purely cinematic experience. Sung in Swedish, the libretto remains as ever a gentle parody of the initiation ceremonies of the Masons, offered as an other-worldly fantasy involving a kidnapped princess (Irma Urrila), a vengeful Queen of the Night (Birgit Nordin), and a carefree wanderer who periodically plays the titular flute. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi Price: $43.98 |