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01/26/06
Nijinsky: The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky (2002)
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Reviews Counted: 30 Fresh: 18 Rotten:12 Average Rating: 6/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Synopsis: In this biographical interpretation of the life of Russian dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky, one of the most influential performers of the early 20th Century, Australian director Paul Cox enlists the dramatic voice narration of Shakespearean actor Sir Derek Jacobi to read... [More]
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Director: Paul Cox
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12/31/03
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12/06/03
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.. this unorthodox documentary works for those who have a sensitivity to the artist and to his struggles against such a cold and indifferent world.
12/24/02
Certainly no biopic, Nijinsky is short on facts, but long on expression.
11/22/02
There is a beautiful, aching sadness to it all. Paul Cox needed to show it. It is up to you to decide if you need to see it.
11/22/02
Just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing.
11/22/02
Though Nijinsky's words grow increasingly disturbed, the film maintains a beguiling serenity and poise that make it accessible for a non-narrative feature.
11/19/02
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Those who are only mildly curious, I fear, will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals.
08/02/02
Cox is far more concerned with aggrandizing madness, not the man, and the results might drive you crazy.
07/26/02
Jacobi, the most fluent of actors, is given relatively dry material from Nijinsky's writings to perform, and the visuals, even erotically frank ones, become dullingly repetitive.
07/26/02
It is not a mass-market entertainment but an uncompromising attempt by one artist to think about another.
07/26/02
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Cox offers plenty of glimpses at existing photos, but there are no movies of Nijinsky, so instead the director treats us to an aimless hodgepodge.
07/25/02
The film would work much better as a video installation in a museum, where viewers would be free to leave. Immediately.
07/15/02
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