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Actors: Frederic Andrei, Roland Bertin, Richard Bohringer, Chantal Deruaz, Thuy An Luu, Wilhelmina Fernandez, Dominique Pinon
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Diva (1981) |
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American opera singer Cynthia Hawkins (Fernandez) refuses to do recordings. One of her fans, a young Parisian courier named Jules (Andrei) secretly and illegally bootlegs a concert performance by Hawkins. Shortly after, a young woman drops in his delivery pouch another tape which contains information that implicates a powerful politician with the mob, and then she is murdered. Now Jules has both the mob after him (for the surveillance tape) and a pair of wealthy Asian businessmen (for his valuable bootleg recording). Fortunately, he finds useful friends in Alba (Luu), an art student and shoplifter, and the mysteriously wealthy Weinstadt (Bohringer). This stylish New Wave-y 1981 film was writer-director Jean Jacques-Beineix's near debut; visually startling and featuring a thrilling motorcycle chase through the streets and subway of Paris, one might call it a "bright noir."
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Diva (1981) |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- hunted by killer/stalker
Criminal enemy is...
- politicians
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- very skinny (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- fat (man)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- criminal
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- bald
Hair type
- (man) bald
Body type
- skinny (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
City?
Yes
City:
- dangerous
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- sex under blankets
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 3 (some)
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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