she's been the subject of a documentary — maria by callas. eimagining of the last week of her life is the subject of maria by chilean director pablo larrain. that is not what the doctor told us we should do. was he even a doctor? asjolie is seen here as callas, talking to her butler ferruccio, played by italian actor pierfrancesco favino. and that is why he took a sample of your blood. but he said even before the result of the test, we should get your medication under control. it is under control. it's under my control and doctors hate that. jolie's appearance at venice created the kind of frenzy that callas, who was also on that level of global recognition, would understand. the actor hasn't been in a leading role since the maleficent series, and in this film, pablo larrain required angelina jolie to learn how to sing opera. you know when the director asks if you can sing and you say, yes, but... he chuckles ..but you know, you think... like, you say, like, i think i didn't understand, i really didn't understand. i thought i could sing like p

forthe singer maria callas who died in the 1970s.a brilliant job. she was here yesterday, in venice she got a standing ovation which i believed lasted nine minutes which made her very emotional.— very emotional. just briefly tom. also _ very emotional. just briefly tom, also documentaries, | very emotional. just briefly - tom, also documentaries, people are talking about there. definitely. a lot of the documentaries are very contentious, dealing with social and political themes, the one i really like is called one to one. it's aboutjohn lennon and his early years in new york city when he arrived in 1971 and 18 months that he spent living in downtown manhattan, it's got brilliant footage you haven't seen before in prisons lennon in a very nice light. in prisons lennon in a very nice light-— in prisons lennon in a very nice light. thank you, this is bbc news- _ nice light. thank you, this is bbc news. presents - nice light. thank you, this is| bbc news. presents lennon. hello there! the weekend weather has been pretty decent for most o

maria callas, in the bio pick that follows the final days before kind of assistance in 1977 today. so to save my not, i have a lot of things every day. every single. why to i phone and to lady guy got eccentric as usual. asks you're welcome, phoenix, aka the joke to dance. the new joke. a movie may challenge some diehard fans the sequel to the heat. film is in musical style pipes, the height for the sequel jessica, fully due to also take con on golden line. the september 5 is adult to drama. to incorporate all kind of push each, the film reconstructs to 1972 munich isn't be cost each process, which is really athletes were taken hostage and killed. another history lesson is provided by a new documentary about lenny reef and stop the infamous director nazi propaganda films. she said she knew nothing of the nazis atrocities, but are looking to have privacy on caused tells a different story versa. but surely into hell in the way, we had a lot of findings whose step by step, dismantled her lies. this film about the seduction of fascism is alarmingly typical in view of the rise of the fa

and basically it's a portrayal of the celebrated late opera singer maria callas, probably one of them at the venice film festival, and there was a nine minute standing ovation, i understand, and she broke down in tears. so it meant a lot to her to get this kind of feedback. she's a 49—year—old actor, and she seems to be doing the right role at the right moment in her career. we're still living in the aftermath of the writers and actors strike from last year, which really put a damper on narrative film production, but it didn't affect documentary film production, so consequently, there are quite a few of them. many of them that have been shown here are contentious. they deal with very pressing social and political issues. there's one that i really enjoyed, actually. it's called one to one john and yoko, and it's aboutjohn lennon and yoko ono and theirfirst 18 months in new york city when they arrived there in september 1971. in many ways, it's a valentine to new york city, but it's full of colourful characters activists like abbie hoffman and jerry rubin, and you get a real sense of p

from the excitement of the venice film festival, angelina jolie on her portrayal of opera singer maria callasan't really fake opera. also from venice, a wealth of documentaries, several ha rd—hitting and political, including one from brazilian film—maker pedro costa. i think brazil and the united states could become a theocracy. and, from colorado, the movies that got everyone talking at the small, but influential telluride film festival. possible contenders in the forthcoming oscars race... ..and a documentary onjohn lennon and yoko ono's early years in new york city. it's the beginning. it's the start - of the whole season. all that and more in this festival review edition of talking movies. venice, one of the world's oldest and most prestigious film festivals, was certainly star—studded this year,

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