Last night, after America’s vote was revealed on So You Think You Can Dance, the judges – Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and guest judge Jenna Elfman – sent Jenna Johnson and Tucker Knox home at the end of the show. Next week, on Tuesday, Aug. 27 (8:00-10:00 Pm Et live/Pt tape-delayed), the competition heats up when guest judge Jesse Tyler Ferguson (“Modern Family”) joins the judging panel as the Top 6 finalists – Hayley Erbert, “Fik-Shun,” Jasmine Harper, Paul Karmiryan, Aaron Turner and Amy Yakima – will be paired up with All-Star partners. *Watch Mary Murphy on "Inside Edition" which is taping today Wednesday (8/21) along with noted Chef Giuseppe Gentile of Los Angeles' Pizzeria il Fico. Ms. Murphy...
- 8/21/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
(Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1969, BFI, 12)
A companion piece to his Oedipus Rex (1967) and far removed from his realistic early movies, Pier Paolo Pasolini's Medea draws on Euripides's play after first relating the story of Jason and the Argonauts' voyage to steal the Golden Fleece from primitive Colchis and bringing it back to Greece along with the king's daughter Medea. The second part concerns her terrible revenge when Jason deserts her and their children. This wilfully complex film, which some find baffling and infuriating (the DVD set is accompanied by an explanatory booklet), is a Freudian-Marxist-Christian take on the myth, buttressed by Pasolini's cranky ideas about capitalism and mysticism versus modernity. Shot on locations as different as the beautiful Campo at Pisa and the Göreme region of Turkey, it's visually astonishing, and at its centre is Maria Callas in her only film role, a commanding presence with her large brown eyes.
A companion piece to his Oedipus Rex (1967) and far removed from his realistic early movies, Pier Paolo Pasolini's Medea draws on Euripides's play after first relating the story of Jason and the Argonauts' voyage to steal the Golden Fleece from primitive Colchis and bringing it back to Greece along with the king's daughter Medea. The second part concerns her terrible revenge when Jason deserts her and their children. This wilfully complex film, which some find baffling and infuriating (the DVD set is accompanied by an explanatory booklet), is a Freudian-Marxist-Christian take on the myth, buttressed by Pasolini's cranky ideas about capitalism and mysticism versus modernity. Shot on locations as different as the beautiful Campo at Pisa and the Göreme region of Turkey, it's visually astonishing, and at its centre is Maria Callas in her only film role, a commanding presence with her large brown eyes.
- 1/1/2012
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Dec. 6, 2011
Price: DVD $29.98, Blu-ray $39.98
Studio: Entertainment One
Maria Callas stars in Pier Pasolini's 1969 film adaptation of Medea.
In her only film role, legendary opera singer Maria Callas stars in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s (Salò) 1969 film adaptation of Euripedes’ Greek tragedy Medea.
Okay, so Ms. Callas doesn’t actually sing in the movie, but you can’t have everything!
Medea tells the tale of Jason (Giuseppe Gentile), the leader of the invincible army of Argonaut, and his quest for the Golden Fleece. Meeting Medea (Callas) the priestess of the Flees, Jason falls in love with her and takes her home as she sacrifices everything to be with him, including dismembering her own brother. Years later, he spurns her for a new love, the young and beautiful Glauce (Margareth Clementi). Medea, using her powers of witchcraft, exacts a terrible revenge upon Jason leading to a terrifying climax where...
Price: DVD $29.98, Blu-ray $39.98
Studio: Entertainment One
Maria Callas stars in Pier Pasolini's 1969 film adaptation of Medea.
In her only film role, legendary opera singer Maria Callas stars in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s (Salò) 1969 film adaptation of Euripedes’ Greek tragedy Medea.
Okay, so Ms. Callas doesn’t actually sing in the movie, but you can’t have everything!
Medea tells the tale of Jason (Giuseppe Gentile), the leader of the invincible army of Argonaut, and his quest for the Golden Fleece. Meeting Medea (Callas) the priestess of the Flees, Jason falls in love with her and takes her home as she sacrifices everything to be with him, including dismembering her own brother. Years later, he spurns her for a new love, the young and beautiful Glauce (Margareth Clementi). Medea, using her powers of witchcraft, exacts a terrible revenge upon Jason leading to a terrifying climax where...
- 11/10/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
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