10 respect director each shot a short film with operatic aria a the inspiration ( and music ) . i will do each one separately representnicolas roeg ( dir ) giuseppe verdi ( music ) . a story about an assassination attempt in 1931 vienna . theresa russell ( roegs wife ) play a man . not bad very beautiful and exotic . russell be great . charles sturridge verdi . no story but there be some haunting black and white imagery that fit perfectly with the music . jean luc godard jean baptiste lully . horrendous . pointless and boring and no plot and no nothing . fill with gratuitous female nudity . the bad . julien temple verdi . buck henry and beverly dangelo and anita morris star in this funny and if obvious and story about a cheating couple . pretty good . bruce beresford erich korngold . short and lush and romantic . very good . robert altman jean philippe rameau . dull . a yawner . fran roddam richard wagner . this have bridget fonda in her film debut . beautifully do love story with a fairly explicit sex scene . ken russell giacomo puccini . really strange but ok. derek jarman gustave chapentier . lyrical look at youth and old age . very sweet . the last be by bill bryden do i pagliacci . he have john hurt ( . ) dress a a clown lip sync to caruso ( . ) . when this come out it almost get an x rating ( for the abundant nudity and the sex scene ) . it be give an r with a strict warning attach say the r rating would be heavily enforce . after the film bomb that warn disappear . the idea isn not bad and 6 out of the 10 segment be worthwhile . worth see even if you do not like opera . just avoid the godard segment . i be give it an 8 .