Naked Opera

I have to admit, I had no idea who Rollinger was, before watching this movie, which was a part of the program at the Berlin International Festvial. What I did get, was a documentary, that was obviously scripted or at least somewhat rehearsed, so it's not entirely a documentary in its essence. But that should not make it less entertaining for you. Nor should the fact that our main "character" here is gay put you off too much.

In the end he's human and you may like his style/arrogance or not. But you can't deny that the guy is funny (even when they over dramatize a few things). An interesting look behind the scenes, though you won't get to see that much opera. And the amount of naked men is also limited (to which I'm grateful to be honest). Situations that arouse (no pun intended), make for an interesting watch and a strange experience

At some point early on I wanted to write this guy off as someone with more money than brains, but I decided not to do that, I decided to wait and see.

I finished the film on mubi and I'm still waiting, holding off.

I'm not sure what to make of this film, but I think it's a great film and although it's not on a par with Don Giovanni it's close.

The settings are opulent, beyond compare, desires are insatiable, it's the human condition.

Writing this makes me realize what a great film it is. He is a hedonist with more stuff than he needs, but aren't we all.

He has insatiable desire, but don't we all.

He has an incurable sickness and again don't we all.

A couple of quibbles that are not about the film at all. I watched this on 'mubi' as per above. The mubi format is a disaster, I'm sorry. By this I mean watching flash on my pc is a waste of time. When will they dump flash (everyone else has) and get into the modern age. This is a film I'd like to set aside for a few months, come back, and watch it again. The Mubi format prevents that. This is pretty much a given and it's something Mubi fans have to live with. I would happily pay more (up to $10/mo.) if they would hang onto films longer and dump flash.