The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky

The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
by Paul Cox

The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
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Actor: Chris Haywood, Delia Silvan, Derek Jacobi, Hans Sonneveld, Oliver Streeton
Director: Paul Cox
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-12-03
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Fox Lorber

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Summary: 5 Stars

Different, moving, a unique achievement. The other reviewers detail the content - suffice it to say that, for me, the result is superb. I've watched it several times over the past couple of years and intend to continue viewing it periodically.

Summary of The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky

To the degree that one artist can bring out the best in another, Nijinsky is an inspired masterpiece. Australian director Paul Cox has not fashioned a biography of Russian ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky (1880-1950), nor is this a comprehensive survey of Nijinsky's influential works. Instead, Cox ventures deeply into Nijinsky's thoughts and emotions as expressed in diaries begun in 1919, just as the once world-famous dancer began his descent into... insanity? The question is valid, for what we witness here--eloquently expressed through Derek Jacobi's sublime readings of Nijinsky's diaries--are the musings of an artist who lost touch with reality, only to rediscover a kind of glorious divinity in the intensity of his own feelings. Cox accompanies the diaries with his own interpretive dance of imagery, archival photos, and performed excerpts of Nijinsky's dances, all set beautifully to perfectly chosen classical music. As a filmed state of mind, this is a challenging work of art to be savored over and over again. --Jeff Shannon

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