Evita starring Antonio Banderas,
Gary Brooker, Adrià Collado, Andrea
Corr, Martin Drogo
My Favorite Musical
After more than a decade of false starts and several potential directors, the
popular Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical finally made it to the big
screen with Alan Parker (The Commitments) at the helm and Madonna in
the coveted title role of Argentinas first lady, Eva Perón. A triumph of
production design, costuming, cinematography, and epic-scale pageantry,
the film follows the rise of Eva Perón to the level of supreme social and
political celebrity in the 1940s. Like Madonna, Perón was a material girl
(she was only 33 when she died); she was instrumental in the political
success of her husband, Juan Perón (Jonathan Pryce). But Eva was also a
supremely tragic figure whose life was essentially hollow at its core despite
the lavish benefits of her nearly goddess-like status. The film has a similar
quality--its visually astonishing but emotionally distant, and benefits greatly
from the singing commentary of Ché (Antonio Banderas), who serves as a
passionate chorus to guide the viewer through the elaborate parade of
history. --Jeff Shannon
This movie is an adaptation of the hit Broadway musical depicting the
infamous real-life story of Eva "Evita" Duarte de Peron, the wife of
President Juan Peron, who rose from poverty to become the most famous
Argentine woman in history. Her huge political influence and constant
charity works earned her scorn and fear from the military and upper
classes but adoration and love from the workers and descamisados.
Evita's legendary life is displayed before your eyes as the most hated and
most beloved woman in Argentina. Madonna is superb, both in voice and
screen presence. Pryce's performance is a triumph of the actor's craft.
Banderos is also perfect. See Evita, if you haven't already. If you've seen it
ten times, see it again. There is still more pleasure to ta ke from this
wonderful movie each time you see it.
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