Movie Details
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Aspekt Telefilm Citifilmworks Unisphere Pictures
Cast & Crew
R
Robert Chappell
Cinematography
M
Markus Trebitsch
Producer
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars
DirectorHoward Brookner
1 hr 30 minDocumentary
Plot
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars is an indepth documentation of Robert Wilsons ambitious attempt to stage an epic twelvehour multinational opera for the 1984 Summer Olympics Filmmaker Howard Brookner follows the avantgarde theatre director as he confronts a hectic work schedule funding difficulties and relentless international travel in attempt to complete his preparations The film examines Wilsons unique theatrical style during The Civil Wars A Tree Is Best Measured When It Is Down which involves the continual creation of evocative stage sets owing to a unique juxtaposition of movement sound text and image Known for his precise painterly images Wilsons work derives more from visual art than the orthodox literary traditions of theatre As a result Wilson often challenges actors to perform in a boldly minimalist style as well as collaborating with nonactors such as young autistic poet Christopher Knowles in Einstein on the Beach