Musical

  • S. Sylvan Simon – The Thrill of Brazil (1946)

    S. Sylvan Simon1941-1950DramaMusicalUSA
    The Thrill of Brazil (1946)
    The Thrill of Brazil (1946)

    Synopsis:
    In this musical, Broadway producer Steve Farraugh is in Rio to preview a show he plans to take to New York. The star of the production, Linda Lorens, pines for Steve, but he is still in love with his estranged wife, Vicki, who arrives in Rio with divorce papers and her new fiancé, John Habour, in tow. Steve concocts a plan to win Vicki back, but, amid a slew of song-and-dance numbers, all goes awry.Read More »

  • Kei Ishikawa – Mitsubachi to enrai (2019) (HD)

    Kei Ishikawa2011-2020DramaJapanMusical
    Mitsubachi to enrai (2019)
    Mitsubachi to enrai (2019)

    Plot:
    4 young pianists Aya Eiden (Mayu Matsuoka), Akashi Takashima (Tori Matsuzaka), Masaru C Revy Anatoru (Win Morisaki) and Jin Kazama (Oji Suzuka) compete in the preliminary round of an international piano competition.

    Aya Eiden was known as a child prodigy for playing the piano, but her mother, who understood her the most, passed away. Aya Eiden then stopped playing the piano at the age of 13. Now, at the age of 20, Aya Eiden decides to take part in the international piano competition.Read More »

  • Frank Oz – Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

    Frank Oz1981-1990ComedyMusicalRock n' Roll MusicalsUSA
    Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
    Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

    Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik’s, a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day as Seymour is seeking a new mysterious plant, he finds a very mysterious unidentified plant which he calls Audrey II. The plant seems to have a craving for blood and soon begins to sing for his supper. Soon enough, Seymour feeds Audrey’s sadistic dentist boyfriend to the plant and later, Mushnik for witnessing the death of Audrey’s ex. Will Audrey II take over the world or will Seymour and Audrey defeat it?Read More »

  • Saeed Ebrahimifar – Nar-o-nay AKA Pomegranate and Reed (1989)

    Saeed Ebrahimifar1981-1990DramaIranMusical
    Nar-o-nay (1989)
    Nar-o-nay (1989)

    Hunting for interesting elements for a play, a photographer meets an old man, who has just had a heart attack He tries to save the man’s life. In an effort to determine the old man’s identity, he is confronted with the old man nostalgic memories.Read More »

  • Peter Schamoni – Frühlingssinfonie AKA Spring Symphony (1983)

    1981-1990GermanyMusicalPeter SchamoniRomance
    Frühlingssinfonie (1983)
    Frühlingssinfonie (1983)

    Fruhlingsinfonie “Spring Symphony” (1983): Starring Nastassia Kinski, Herbert Gronemeyer, Rolf Hoppe, Andre Heller, Marie Colbin, Margit Geissler, Gidon Kemer, Inge Marschall, Kitty Matern, Uwe Muller, Peter Schamoni’s 1983 German film “Spring Symphony” is an intimate, accurate portrayal of the relationship between two composers- Robert Schumann and Clara. It is a wonderful film, with fine acting by the leads Herbert Gronemeyer and Natassia Kinksi, who had been a model and would enjoy further success after this movie.Read More »

  • Peter Sellars – Don Giovanni (1990)

    Peter Sellars1981-1990MusicalPerformanceUSA
    Don Giovanni (1990)
    Don Giovanni (1990)

    Quote:
    This modern-dress studio production is “not your parents’ Don Giovanni” – the very opening shots, depicting a real New York slum full of rundown buildings, dead rats and garbage-covered snow, make that clear. Set in the South Bronx, this Giovanni strips the characters of their social statuses, keeps humor to the barest minimum, and brings forth loudly and clearly all the darkness that normally only simmers below the opera’s surface. Anna is an obvious rape victim who turns to heroin to escape from her trauma. Masetto does indeed beat Zerlina. And Giovanni and Leporello, innately “not so different,” are here portrayed as identical African American twins – a nearly interchangeable pair of streetwise, leather-clad, coke-snorting, gun-wielding hoods. Ensembles are staged as interpretive dances, and the finale is a hodgepodge of surreal horror, with a green-faced Commendatore, a somber little girl who lures pedophile Giovanni toward his doom, and bare-chested “demons,” both male and female, rising from the pavement.Read More »

  • Sotoji Kimura – Ongaku kigeki horoyoi jinsei AKA Tipsy Life (1933)

    Sotoji Kimura1931-1940ComedyJapanMusical
    Ongaku kigeki horoyoi jinsei (1933)
    Ongaku kigeki horoyoi jinsei (1933)

    A series of snapshots from the life of a fictional actress named Shirley serves to weave together thirteen paintings by Edward Hopper (e.g. “Office at Night”, “Western Motel”, “Usherette”, “A Woman in the Sun”) into a fascinating synthesis of painting and film, personal and political history. Each station in Shirley’s professional and private life from the 1930s to 1960s is precisely dated: It is always August 28/29 of the year in question, as the locations vary from Paris to New York to Cape Cod.Read More »

  • Babbar Subhash – Disco Dancer (1983)

    1981-1990Babbar SubhashCultIndiaMusical
    Disco Dancer (1982)
    Disco Dancer (1982)

    Quote:
    Disco Dancer is a 1982 Bollywood movie starring Mithun Chakraborty. It is notable for having been popular in both India and the Soviet Union during the 1980s. The film tells the rags-to-riches story of a young street performer. Today, the movie has become a cult phenomenon among many generations of Indians who grew up in the 80s and remember the classic I am a Disco Dancer song. The movie was a musical blockbuster and cemented music director Bappi Lahiri’s talents in Bollywood.Read More »

  • Jim Sharman – Shock Treatment (1981)

    1981-1990CultJim SharmanMusicalUSA
    Shock Treatment (1981)
    Shock Treatment (1981)

    Quote:
    Following on from “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”, this musical is set several years later in Brad and Janet Majors’ hometown – which has become a giant TV station; residents are either participants or viewers. They are married now, but their romance has fallen on the rocks. Ostensibly to fix their marriage, Brad is imprisoned on the program “Dentonvale” (the local mental hospital) while Janet is conscripted to become a new star. As Janet is entranced by the high life, she forgets Brad. Who is trying to woo her away?Read More »

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