toddhauser

I'm not an opera fan ... mainly because the words usually seem so trite compared to the music which carries the real meaning of the story and actions. Anyway, after years of enjoying the music without ever seeing the Opera of Carmen I watched this video and am totally enthralled! Bravo! Encore! Francesco Rosi certainly brings the story to life in a most wonderful way using the medium of film ... Bravo! Encore!!! Bravo!!!

I've read the comments and the majority of them remind me of a scene from this video where Noah and Company are building the Ark and the nearby townspeople come to KILL him ... it's not clear why they're are so enraged about his innocent enterprise ... but it sure as h..l resembles a lot of the criticism here of this very sweet and non-prejudicial movie. The comments remind me of 'lynch-mob' mentality. Maybe the negative nay-sayers have their personal 'sodom' threatened by it, I don't know .. but watch the video and decide for yourself. You might also watch 'Sakharov' starring Jason Robards and let me know if the 'court attendees' at the 'inquests' remind you of many of the 'user comments' for this video ... I know I can see a striking resemblance. Anyways, if you read Genesis and add up the years and generations after Adam, you'll realize that Noah had about 30 years left to live when Lot's father was born ... so he could have been alive at the same time, even though other parts of the Movie don't exactly correspond to the King James version chronology. Read the Nag Hammadi Library for more information about what really happened during the Biblical era. QED ... and God Bless You (P.S. This Movie is NOT anti-semitic!!!)

I've watched this video so many times ... and each time it moves me dramatically. It is a most amazing love story between a defrocked priest who found that as he reached for the stars his feet were made of clay and a scientist (Jodie Foster) who knew that her feet were made of clay but reached for the stars anyway.

The casting in this movie is, perhaps, the best that I have come across. Each character so vividly and accurately portrays the role chosen ... a remarkable production meriting abundant awards and kudos.