The Theatricality of Robert Lepage studies several productions; including The Dragons Trilogy; Vinci and Tectonic Plates; The Seven Streams of River Ota; Zulu Time; and The Far Side of the Moon. Dundjerovic provides major new insights into Lepages creative process through an examination of his workshops; open rehearsals; and performances; as well as interviews with Lepage and his collaborators. Outlining the key production elements of Lepages theatricality; Dundjerovic provides a practitioners view of how Lepage creates as a director; actor; and writer and explores Lepages practice within both the local Queacute;beacute;cois and the international theatre context.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful. Ready for Bleeding Skull 2By orvuusWhen I first got this book; I was almost sure I wouldnt like it. The first thing I noticed is the lack of captions for the liberal sprinkling of black and white photos and artwork. Then I read a review of some video obscurity; and the review was not; seemingly; coherent itself. Later with more time I took the trouble to read the preface and run some tests of my own. This book is exactly what it purports to be -- a guide to some of the shot-on-video that became ubiquitous after its introduction in the videostore-crazy eighties. The king of playback formats was VHS; after all; so why not just cut out the middleman and give them videos shot on video? At least thats what I imagine someone might have said.The authors run a website with the same title as the book; and claim this is around 300 of their over a thousand reviews or so that they have. The reviews are in alphabetic order; and have no star ratings or funny bones or skulls to give us a one out of five rating; or anything like that. They state clearly that this was their purpose; and that they wanted to cover this previously unexplored territory (Id say largely ignored) without covering bigger "hit" movies or giving us all the technical background for films that obviously didnt require a lot of technical background to make!Furthermore; they review three key titles for me -- Boardinghouse; which appears to be the first movie shot on video; Night Train to Terror; which has just recently been given a delightful blu ray/DVD release by Vinegar Syndrome; and some drecky movie by Renee Harmon. I was not able to find a review of "Night Train" in any other review book I had (or more importantly; in any one of the four sites that regularly review horror or fringe/alternative movies online). The authors apparently were delighted with this film; which I admit is very appealing in a bizarre; drop the mouth; fashion (and that catchy tune will never leave your head!). Check. Boardinghouse is given the review it deserves -- at first I was going to count off because I couldnt find "Klassu" or something like that in the index; but they correctly did have it under "Kalassu." They note the movie is as bizarre as they come; and I only found it endurable at all when Kalassu lights up the screen; which is not enough reason to suffer through it. Check. Then Renee Harmon; who astonishingly DID star in her own movies; despite a very thick German-accented English; nonetheless manages to mesmerize me. Her movies will give you a bleeding skull; but you may be too astounded to look away. Check. Despite all this; out of meanness; I guess; I wanted to give this book 4 stars for lacking photo captions; but when I saw the review accurately tracks down all instances of Cameron Mitchell acting in this crazy stuff; I had to give in.Very enjoyable book for fans of bad cinema or for those just wondering what on earth they saw at 2:00 a.m. in the morning on late night TV (before infommercials sucked the fun out of TV for good). The reviews are impressionistic at times; which I think is perfectly valid if you are reviewing a movie that has no discernable plot structure or even continuity. Plus; now I dont feel so embarrassed at some of the bad movies on DVD that I actually paid money to acquire! Happy reading.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. VERY ENTERTAINING AND INFORMATIVE BUT BEWARE OF SPOILERSBy ExploratorThis was an entertaining; sometimes funny / sometimes trying too hard to be funny book that will turn you on to many obscure underground treasures. The only problem I had with it were the large amount of spoilers that ruin key scenes and finales for many of the movies. It wouldnt take much to keep from ruining surprises and scenes of suspense in future reviews so I hope the author reads this and considers my point. As I said his reviews are fun to read but the copious spoilers also take some of the fun out of watching the movies. As a result; reading this turned out to be a bitter-sweet experience.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Quite Fun.By Mr. BenacGreat collection of amusing reviews. I liked the writing style and discovered dozens of movies Id never read about before. Well worth the Kindle Price and probably worth the paperback price; as well.