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Giacomo Battiato's political drama "Resolution 819" won the gold Marcus Aurelius award for best film voted by the public at the Rome Film Festival. The critics' prize for best film went to Afghan director Siddiq Barmak's dark comedy "Opium War," ANSA said.

By Jerry Johnston Deseret News "THE FLY," Los Angeles Opera, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, Calif., through Sept.

By Jim Farber When Oscar-winning composer Howard Shore told Placido Domingo that he wanted to compose an opera based on the 1986 film version of "The Fly," the artistic director of the Los Angeles Opera should have heeded the warning of the movie's heroine, "Be afraid.

By Jim Farber When Oscar-winning composer Howard Shore told Placido Domingo that he wanted to compose an opera based on the 1986 film version of "The Fly," the artistic director of Los Angeles Opera should have heeded the warning of the movie's heroine: "Be afraid.