THE DVD
Video: The widescreen 2.35:1 transfer on Agora looks splendid, showcasing the muted color palette and the heavy production detail to great effect. The image is sharp and the blacks, particularly when gazing at the night sky, are good and deep.
Sound: A 5.1 audio mix of the English soundtrack uses surround technology very well, working through all the speakers in the larger scenes and properly centering the dialogue in quieter moments.
Subtitle options include English Closed Captioning and Spanish.
Extras: The Agora DVD offers two opportunities for director Alejandro Amenábar to address the audience, a director commentary and director presentation. The latter is a very short video introduction, recorded by the director just before he did the commentary. Both features are in Spanish with English subtitles, and they reveal the filmmaker to be a thoughtful, meticulous artist, and his explanations add depth to one’s understanding of his creation.
The hour-long “Journey to Alexandria” is a multi-part documentary covering the making of the movie, with specific segments on building the sets, the costumes, the characters and their historical origins, and the various stages of production: inception, shooting, and completion. You can play each piece on its own, or just run them all at once.
Seven Deleted Scenes run ten minutes, and they include a different prologue (more shots of the cosmos, essentially), alongside a handful of inconsequential trims (a discussion of Hypatia taking over the library, more romantic brooding from Davus, the aftermath of a brawl, the precursor to another brawl, etc.). A montage of the parabolani roaming the streets and enforcing their version of Christian law is the only thing here that I think would have added anything to the finished product, as it fully illustrates how bad they were on a day-to-day basis.
Though listed as storyboards, the gallery section is actually a collection of production drawings for the sets and the costumes–and it’s exceptional work, at that. There is also a photo gallery.
FINAL THOUGHTS:
Highly Recommended. Alejandro Amenábar’s Agora is a rich and wholly satisfying historical drama. Rachel Weisz stars as the 4th-century philosopher Hypatia, who was at the center of scholarly thought in Alexandria when the social scales tipped in favor of the Christians and against the Romans. This complex narrative tackles both emotions and ideas, making for a movie that has a solid plot but that is also about something. Excellent performances joined with well-crafted sets and costumes make for an altogether excellent period piece, and some smartly done DVD extras make for a great overall package.

Source: DVDTalk.com

Rachel Weisz wears a bright red trench coat as she films scenes for her new movie The Deep Blue Sea on November 23 and December 06 in London, England.
The Deep Blue Sea is about the love affair between a Royal Air Force pilot and the wife of a British judge – and the destruction that comes with their adultery.

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EDIT: I was asked to delete some of those new pictures. Sorry guys! :/

Larysa Kondracki’s The Whistleblower nabbed the top honor for Canadian film in the Borsos competition at the 10th Whistler Film Festival in the mountain resort town in British Columbia. The film, starring Rachel Weisz and Vanessa Redgrave, is based on the true story of a Nebraskan police officer who took a job working for the United Nations as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. The film honor is presented by the Directors Guild of Canada, BC District Council and supported by promo org Telefilm Canada. The competition, named after local filmmaker Phillip Borsos, recognizes films that embody the spirit of independent filmmaking in Canada.

Source: Variety.com

The Mummy star Rachel Weisz is the latest star to land a cameo in the cult TV series The Simpsons. The Academy Award winning actress plays a quirky and slightly deranged family therapist in the animated series, reported People magazine online. In the episode Weisz plays a therapist who specializes in children and pets and is hired by the Simpson family to treat Bart and his dog, Santa’s Little Helper. The pair had a falling out after the dog ate Bart’s new pet pigeon.

Source: NDTV.com

A little romantic split isn’t going to get in the way of the Jackie Kennedy project Darren Aronofsky had planned, which was to star his now-ex Rachel Weisz. Aronofsky and Weisz, who have a four-year-old son together, recently announced the end of their nine-year relationship. While promoting his Oscar-buzzed ballet psychodrama Black Swan, Aronofsky said “we’re still moving forward” on the Jackie project, which focuses on the life of the First Lady in the days immediately following JFK’s assassination. Asked whether it would still star Weisz, Aronofsky’s lips tightened and a publicist spirited him away. We’re going to take that as a “no.”

Source: TorontoSun.com

Rachel Weisz thinks her life is like a “fairytale”. The 40-year-old actress still loves having to get dressed up for red carpet events and promotional opportunities, and insists no part of her work feels like real life. She said: “Promoting a movie is part of the job and it’s fiction as much as the movie is. “It’s like a fairytale. You get lent a dress and someone does your hair, does your make-up, it’s like dressing up and it’s not real – nobody looks like that when they wake up in the morning! “It’s fantasy, it’s not real life, it’s work and it’s not unpleasant. I like it.”Despite utilising other people to help recreate the “fairytale “image on the red carpet, Rachel makes sure she leads a healthy lifestyle in order to keep her slim figure. She said: “I’m very healthy. I eat well and exercise. Like being an athlete you have to be somewhat in shape because this is what you have got.”

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