DVD: orpheus (testament unterwelt criterion)

DVD: orpheus

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Black Orpheus - Criterion Collection

72 reviews
Maria Alice, Elizeth Cardoso

Criterion, 1999

One of the best
I love this movie. I am from Pittsburgh, PA, and would love to know more about Marpessa Dawn. I read somewhere that she was once a dancer with Katherine Dunham's group. I was wondering if she did speak Portuguese. Too bad there was not much work for a beautiful actress such as she at that time. The movie is haunting and much like poetry in motion. A true classic.

Black Orpheus [Region 2]

72 reviews
Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn

AV Channel, 2004

One of the best
I love this movie. I am from Pittsburgh, PA, and would love to know more about Marpessa Dawn. I read somewhere that she was once a dancer with Katherine Dunham's group. I was wondering if she did speak Portuguese. Too bad there was not much work for a beautiful actress such as she at that time. The movie is haunting and much like poetry in motion. A true classic.

Orphic Trilogy - Criterion Collection

15 reviews
Jean Cocteau

Criterion, 2000

A superb centerpiece.
Jean Cocteau's "Orphee," along with his earlier "La Belle et la Bete," must be ranked among the greatest of French films. This highly personal version of the myth of Orpheus remains a testament both to the the power of poetic imagery on film and to Cocteau's genius as a creator of such imagery. Cocteau's Orphee (Jean Marais) is a brusque, egocentric, dissatisfied soul who, to paraphrase Keats, is ...

Testament of Orpheus (High Quality Import)

1 review, 2003

The Third Movie in the Orphic Trilogy
"The danger with films is that we get used to seeing them without paying the same attention we would pay to a play or a book. But it is a first-class vehicle of ideas and of poetry that can take the viewer into realms that previously only sleep and dreams had led him to." ~Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) Jean Cocteau's third film in the Orphic Trilogy is not quite as structured as the first two ...

The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Presents - Music Meets Business

2 reviews
Angelika Kirchschlager, Branford Marsalis

Euroarts, 2005

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra - an eye-opening video
Contrary to the above review, I find this DVD absolutely fascinating. It should be in the library of anyone aspiring to be a conductor or anyone in management. Orchestral musicians will find it extremely refreshing. It'll forever change the way you think of conductors.

Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) (Orphée noir) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Australia ]

2 reviews

AV Channel

One of My Favorites
I absolutely love this movie. I first watched it when I was about 7 years old and I still love it to this day. Such a great movie!!

Sailor Moon S - The Complete Uncut TV Set

44 reviews
Tracey Moore, Terri Hawkes

Geneon [Pioneer], 2004

well... it's pricey but....
it's honestly worth it. having the Japanese and english subtitles is the only way to go... you'll be surprised by how different it can become (esp. with the Haruka and Michiru storyline). If you're on the fence because of the price, buy it. it's worth it, and having the whole series in one neat little box is more space saving and better looking than having them separate. beware of anyone ...

Orpheus (Original French)

3 reviews, 2003

Unique--
I purchased this film on CD after owning it on VHS for many years. Cocteau's inventive methods in an age before cheap Pixar/Manga foolishness is nothing short of remarkable. The video and audio quality is terrific; mine was made in Korea with Korean language notes on the box! Juliette Greco, of whom I'm a real fan, is in this film at a very young age, already very sexy. Jean Marais is ...

Orpheus [1950, IMPORT, ALL REGIONS]

1 review
Jean Cocteau, Jean-Pierre Bouvier

South Korea

Intriguing, Captivating, Haunting
Visually and audibly enchanting. Cocteau magically portrays the life cycle of the poet in the most poetic of films. Each scene is stunning from the plot to the music to the special effects to the dialogue. Unpretentious and brilliant, Orfeé never trivializes or attempts to abstract answers. The film is a brilliant display of the possibility of just asking. Cocteau's thoughts on the multiple ...

If We Had No Moon

1 review

Discovery Channel, 2003

AWESOME! Very Interesting.
The title is a bit deceiving because this DVD goes way beyond just asking the question "What if we had no Moon?" It discusses how we got our moon, how getting the moon may have actually started life on earth, how dependent we are on the positive effects the moon has on the earth. It also explores the fact that the Moon is gradually moving away from the earth and this may eventually result in ...

Brahms - German Requiem - from Bangkok
Ralph Schatzki, Somtow Sucharitkul, Siam Philharmonic Orchestra, Orpheus Choir of Bangkok Nancy Yuen

CreateSpace, 2007

Bangkok Opera presents this moving performance of the Brahms German Requiem, played at the world "Daniel Pearl Music Days" in 2003. Nancy Yuen and Ralph Schatzki are the soloists, with the Orpheus Choir of Bangkok, the Siam Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Somtow Sucharitkul.

Black Orpheus [Region 2]

72 reviews

One of the best
I love this movie. I am from Pittsburgh, PA, and would love to know more about Marpessa Dawn. I read somewhere that she was once a dancer with Katherine Dunham's group. I was wondering if she did speak Portuguese. Too bad there was not much work for a beautiful actress such as she at that time. The movie is haunting and much like poetry in motion. A true classic.

Mozart - Mass in C Minor from Bangkok

CreateSpace, 2007

The Thailand premiere of this great unfinished work by Mozart, which took place in Bangkok's gorgeous Assumption Cathedral in the presence of HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana, Cardinal Michai, and the Papal Nunzio as well as a rapt audience, received rave reviews in the press. Somtow Sucharitkul conducts the Orpheus Choir of Bangkok and the Siam Philharmonic, with a brilliant cast of soloists spearheaded by Nancy Yuen.

Offenbach - Orpheus in der Unterwelt

1 review
William Workman, Franz Grundheber

Arthaus Musik, 2007

An Updating That Is Dated -- and in German
Offenbach's 'Orpheus in the Underworld' is by some considered to be his best operetta. Certainly it marked an advance in his oeuvre from the little one-acters he had done before. It retells the story of Orpheus and Eurydice with rather broad references to then-current 1858 Paris society. And it was a smash success, enough so that Offenbach was able to build a grandiose house -- Villa Orpheus -- ...

MOZART REQUIEM - THE TSUNAMI CONCERT

Orpheus Music, 2007

The Bangkok Opera staged this performance of the Mozart Requiem shortly after the Tsunami in 2005 to help raise funds for the victims of the tragedy. HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana and Cardinal Michai presided over this intensel event, organized within a few weeks of the disaster. The Orpheus Choir sings, the Siam Philharmonic plays under the baton of Somtow Sucharitkul.

Orpheus (1950)
Jean Cocteau

Orpheus / Orphee

SomeWax

Orpheus (French: Orphée) is a 1950 French film directed by Jean Cocteau and starring Jean Marais. This film is the central in Jean Cocteau's Orphic Trilogy, which consists of The Blood of a Poet (1930), Orpheus (1950) and Testament of Orpheus (1960). The trilogy has been released as a DVD boxed set by The Criterion Collection.