Pablo, we’ve got another one for you.
Si? Cuéntame.
Woman, beautiful, emblematic, tragic death…
Me gusta.
Some great scenes - JFK, Onassis -
Lindo.
Angelina is on board, so it’s A-List -
Fenomenal.
You get to do lots of fancy tracking shots -
Impecable
Tasteful but popular, highbrow but multiplex -
Bueno, un poco Friedman, pero eso es Hollywood, after all -
Big global narrative but essentially apolitical -
Entiendo.
You’re the go-to man for the tragic Clytemnestra narrative -
Por supuesto.
What do you say?
¿Por que no?
Having said all of which I enjoyed Callas, with its slightly offbeat narrative structure and dialogue beats, with its highlighting of the secondary characters, with its predictability. Like Onassis, I have no real interest in opera, like Onassis I could drive a boat through the gaps in the timeline and the sketchiness of the supposed biographical elements; like her amiable servants, I am happy to look the other way and not see what one imagines were the less regal aspects of her behaviour. Jolie holds the whole thing together with a mannered aplomb, and although it never hits the highest dramatic notes, it’s an intelligent, understated take on a sprawling story.
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