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MARIA MOVIE REVIEW
“An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I’ve left the opera house” – Maria Callas
Angelina Jolie is the titular character Maria in this new Netflix film about Maria Callas, the world’s greatest opera singer as she lives the last days of her life in 1970’s Paris. Her house maid Bruna (Alba Rohrwacher) and Ferruccio (Piefrancesco Favino) do what they can to persuade her to see a doctor and treat what ails her. Maria would rather dramatically prolong what she feels is the inevitable curtain closing with the help of her hallucinations. With vultures circling, demanding her story be given, Maria chooses to gratify only herself, after a life long lived serving a never satiated public. The film recounts all that Maria has given to perfect her craft and climb to the top of the operatic world while maintaining a distance from the typical retelling so often seen in biopics. Bradly and Frank discuss what little they know of Maria, and the abundance of trivia they know of Angelina Jolie in this return to leading roles that they hope will elevate her back to her award season diva status.
DIRECTED BY: Pablo Larraín
STARRING: Angelina Jolie, Aggelina Papadopoulou, Lidia Zelikman Kauders, Christiana Aloneftis, Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Haluk Bilginer, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Stephen Ashfield, Valeria Golino, Erofili Panagiotarea, Caspar Phillipson, Vincent Macaigne, Lydia Koniordou, Alessandro Bressanello, Lyes Salem, Sue Ellen Kennedy
YOUR REVIEWERS
Bradly Martin (Screener Squad, Eye on the Prize, Breakfast Pub)
Bradly Martin was born in the united states and grew up on a healthy diet of sports, films, and books. A rather shy lad who kept to himself, Bradly soon discovered the best way to know a person was to know what people liked. Throughout the years Bradly became a fan of many things and a fanatic of none. From Doctor Dre, to Doctor Strange and the who’s who of Whos. From Playstation to the Dreamcast and Marvel to DC. From LeBron James to James Bond and Lord of the Rings to Lord Palmerston (or Pitt the Elder if you agree with Wade Boggs) and is a huge fan of dad jokes and randomly obscure Simpsons references. Armed with a vast knowledge of comics, films, and pop culture. Bradly traveled the world making friends and sharing takes. As a young man Bradly married the love of his life young and grew older every year with each new child brought into the brood. If trends continue, Scientists predict that .2% of Canada (where Bradly and family reside) will be populated by Bradly’s children by the year 2029. You can hear him leading and listening to his favorite critics on the Screener Squad and Eye on the prize and maybe even provide some comments of his own.
Frank Calvillo (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)
Born and raised in South Texas, Frank currently lives in Austin and has been in love with movies ever since his father showed him some Three Stooges shorts when he was five years old. Today he loves all kinds of film, regardless of era, country, budget or genre. He believes every film has an audience and is at least one person’s favorite movie. After writing for Sight & Sound and Slackerwood, he now writes for Cinapse where his increasingly random taste in all flavors of cinema (from Rashomon to Mars Attacks!) continues to thrive. His ultimate goal is to write a script for his boyhood crush, Michelle Pfeiffer.
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