Pasolini, Maria Callas - Medea (1969) 10/12

[nireiny]

thank you for posting this treasure!...

[JeunelleFoster]

This scene just shows her range as an actress. She was brilliant here. You can just feel the anger and rage when she says "NO and don't ask again, it's useless, nothing is possible anymore"

[bonChic20]

without attribution to the play or opera, I actually liked Passolini's cinematic version of Medea. It has that authenticity, from the primeval landscapes - which I assume were shot in a real location - to the outlandish costumes. This is how I would envision the story, at least in a visual sense. There's a humanity in Medea here; she's really more of a lover than anything. One should have a familiarity to Passolini's work to understand it.

[gustopheles]

Nothing beats Callas as a deranged Medea

[phlashba]

As much as I enjoyed this, I can't help but feel that Callas' talents were completely squandered here.  I believe it could have been so much more.

[dsat99]

sos: mancano i segmenti 11/12 e 12/12

ecosta@unirc.it

[belisariusorb]

@dsat99 No the film finishes here - I think part 11 and 12 don't exist

[sisia57]

@belisariusorb infatti il film finisce qui, non esistono 11 e 12

[dsat99]

SOS MANCANO I SEGMENTI 11/12 E 12/1\2

ecosta@unirc.it

[dsat99]

SOS MANCANO I SEGMENTI 11/12 E 12/1\2

[escarinae]

I have the feeling the whole movie was about her features. Very shallow interpretation of this classical story. I am a Callas fan, but she should sing opera, not play in movies. Plastic and unconvincing.

[maly33]

I never understood why she killed them...

[JetBlackStare77]

wat???? Just Splat! and Splat!?! they do not die like that in the play!! o well, still very well made:)

[WikeddTung]

wow

[VincyGiarr]

AGGHIACCIANTE.

[mafketays]

parts 11 and 12 have disappeared! :(

[Rocket7910]

Je viens de le regarder la deuxieme fois dans une seule journee. Magnifique, incroyable, formidable! Mercι!

[projektor1954]

Many thanks!

[JazzMarti71]

Simply Beautiful..

[wattever333]

3:00 that singing sounds so much like Japanese theatre with koto.

[97andra]

it sad ahy would Medea do that to her own children that sad but her damn Husband had to leave her I LOVE MEDEA SHE MY TYPE OF GIRL IM A GIRL BUT SHE TOTALLY AWESOEM

[tissetatten]

she has such classical greek fetures, its beautiful to wacht

[DoryViolet]

Watched this tonight. Wow it's great, all so impressive!! Loved also the costumes and songs.

Brava Callas!!!!!!

[caryviz]

theagalukpis.....thank you.,,this is just great great great

[Ramanujan88]

Bravo, Pasolini! Bravo, Callas...BRAVO! Great film!

[castoro83]

Bellissima storia!!!!!!

[KsiezniczkaZima]

Malheureuse Médée...

[1988sempre]

copolavoro pasoliniano.....fantastica interpretazione della Callas...è riuscita a esprimere pienamente tutta la traggedia e il dramma euripideo!!!!

[sgarpia]

La musica tradizionale giapponese ci sta benissimo! Quite cheeky though....

[luxinteriorrapheal]

i am just discovering pasolinis movies, after watching salo and now this :oceans depths of sensations. i am excited to continue watching his movies. thanks.

[claudialab]

Dear Theaglaukopis, thanks so much for posting it all. i was happy to watch this great movie again!

[blacked3window]

did she commit suicide, or killed her 'husband' too [the fire also surrounded him]..?

[shanae48228]

@blacked3window Well in the play which this is based from, I believe she lived she just escaped by revealing her true form as a goddess to him or something, leaving him there to mourn. The play by Euripides is excellent....way better than this so you might wanna give it a read, it's tragic but it's a good read.

[CelticLady44]

@shanae48228 Medea was a grandaughter of the sun. He sent a chariot drawn by dragons to take her away. Jason's punishment for his perfidy towards Medea was to forever mourn his sons. As his own actions caused their deaths, he could not avenge them.

[FilmTraum9]

What a great film!Thank you theaglaukopis

for this jewel!

[ShamusMacGuffin]

I'm an aspiring actor and Callas is one of my greatest sources of inspiration. She always reminds me by her example to always perform with authority and conviction. This performance is evidence of the command she had as an actress. It's splendid work. I kept thinking, "is she going to go there," and by the end of the film I was thinking, "she went there!"

[RonaldBarone]

@ShamusMacGuffin let me correct you a little be. She was a perfectionist ... in lots interviews she does admit it that whatever she does she wants it perfect. And she can drive herself nuts if she doens't get to the point she wants to get. So not just a singer, or a teacher, or an actress, but in everything she did she always tried her best

[lazyana]

She wanted to be herself, respect.Thanks you theaglaukopis.

[cutekouki]

Don't you think that the scene where she is taking care of her " little man " that this is everything she evre wanted...

A family, a home....

:(

[Ebonyhorse23]

Κάλλας, μια θεά.

Callas, la divina.

[ischia707]

Thank you very much for posting this great movie.

[theaglaukopis]

...My pleasure... So glad you enjoyed it!

[ForeignLanguageFilms]

@theaglaukopis where is parts 11 and 12????

[Nivri80]

Just finished watching. What a film! Thanks again

[arim24]

grandissima Callas per un grandissimo Pasolini.Thank you for this movie.