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Il Mefistofele (1989)

ALL 01/01/1989 (en) Music 137 Min
  • Release
    01/01/1989
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
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  • Original title
    Il Mefistofele
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
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Ken Russell's modern interpretation of Arrigo Boito's Il Mefestefele

Overview

Arrigo Boito's Il Mefestefele was first performed in 1868 and his most known work. In Ken Russell's modern interpretation presented by the Genoese Opera, it has Faust as an ageing hippy. He smokes marijuana and is tormented by his lost youth. Mephisto makes a bet with God that he can turn anyone to pagan life, even someone as innocent as Faust. From then on it is a battle of good against evil in a flamboyant, surreal display of primary colours, PVC costumes, nurses with swastikas, rocket trips, love and even characters dressed as Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse. Ken Russell said because the devil is always with us is his reason for the contemporary setting.

  1. Ken Russell

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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Il Mefistofele (1989) 137 Min

ALL 01/01/1989 (en)
Music
  • Release 01/01/1989
  • Production
  • Original title Il Mefistofele
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Ken Russell's modern interpretation of Arrigo Boito's Il Mefestefele

Overview

Arrigo Boito's Il Mefestefele was first performed in 1868 and his most known work. In Ken Russell's modern interpretation presented by the Genoese Opera, it has Faust as an ageing hippy. He smokes marijuana and is tormented by his lost youth. Mephisto makes a bet with God that he can turn anyone to pagan life, even someone as innocent as Faust. From then on it is a battle of good against evil in a flamboyant, surreal display of primary colours, PVC costumes, nurses with swastikas, rocket trips, love and even characters dressed as Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse. Ken Russell said because the devil is always with us is his reason for the contemporary setting.

  1. Ken Russell

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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