Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Music > Performing Arts: 100 Films to Rent
- Cirque du Soleil - Quidam (1999)
- Dir. David Mallet
- European act Cirque du Soleil create a fascinating blend of circus, costumery, theatre and dance. Captured live in Amsterdam in 1999.
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999)
- Dir. Steven Pimlott, David Mallet
Feat. Donny Osmond, Joan Collins, Richard Attenborough
- Early, Bible–story musical from the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice team and taken from the London Palladium production.
- Life and Art - Maria Callas (1999)
- Dir. Alan Lewens, Alistair Mitchell
Feat. Maria Callas
- Sympathetic documentary concerning the life and art of famed opera singer Maria Callas. Features extracts from 'Tosca', "Norma', 'Barber of Seville',…
- Cirque du Soleil - Alegria (1998)
- Filmed live in Sydney in 1999, this Cirque du Soleil production combines their acrobatics, magic tricks and dance elements with a…
- David Oistrakh - Artist of the People? (1998)
- Dir. Bruno Monsaingeon
- The life of the renowned 20th century Russian violinist, who at times locked horns with the Soviet state, is told through interviews with family and…
- No (1998)
- Dir. Robert Lepage
Feat. Anne-Marie Cadieux, Alexis Martin
- An intriguing, dense drama/essay that takes an episode from dir. Lepage’s mammoth stage–show, ‘Seven Streams of the River Ota’, and…
- Richter, The Enigma (1998)
- Dir. Bruno Monsaingeon
- Lengthy biography of the supremely expressive Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter, who only emerged from behind the Iron Curtain in the late 1950s.…
- Turandot Project, The (1998)
- Dir. Allan Miller
Feat. Zhang Yimou, Zubin Mehta
- The glorious insanity of Italian opera defeats all obstacles in this amusing behind–the–scenes account of a gigantic international…
- Art of Conducting - Volume 2, The (1997)
- Dir. Peter R Smith
- Excellent study of six more conductors of the 20th century – Sergiu Celibidache, Wilhelm Furtwangler, Erich Kleiber, Evgeny Mravinsky, Charles…
- Yo-Yo Ma - Inspired by Bach Vol. 1 (1997)
- Dir. Kevin McMahon, Francois Girard
- Cellist Yo–Yo Ma’s celebrated musical exploration of Bach’s enigmatic solo cello suites, prompted six films, attempting to complement the…