Aria (film)
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| Produced by | Don Boyd |
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| Cinematography | Christopher Hughes |
| Edited by | Neil Abrahamson |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
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90 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Italian German French |
Aria is a 1987 British anthology film produced by Don Boyd from Virgin Group's visual section consisting of ten short films by a variety of directors. It was entered into the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.
Each segment features its director's visual accompaniment to arias and scenes from operas. Each film has minimal dialogue (most have none at all), with most of the spoken content being the operas' lyrics (libretto) in Italian, French, or German.
The music archive source was RCA Red Seal Records (which at the time included Erato Records, a label which later went to Warner Music; RCA is now a part of Sony Music Entertainment, further complicating the film's music rights).
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