The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky (2002)
Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 30
Fresh: 18 | Rotten: 12
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Average Rating: 6.3/10
Critic Reviews: 12
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 4
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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
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Certainly no biopic, Nijinsky is short on facts, but long on expression.
Top CriticJust the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing.
Those who are only mildly curious, I fear, will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals.
Has its share of arresting images.
Fans of Nijinsky will savor every minute of Cox's work.
It is not a mass-market entertainment but an uncompromising attempt by one artist to think about another.
Cox gropes blindly into the past to reincarnate Nijinsky visually, viscerally and with a sensual muscularity of movement, gracing the border between inspiration and insanity.
A gift to anyone who loves both dance and cinema
.. this unorthodox documentary works for those who have a sensitivity to the artist and to his struggles against such a cold and indifferent world.
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.
Though Nijinsky's words grow increasingly disturbed, the film maintains a beguiling serenity and poise that make it accessible for a non-narrative feature.
Cox is far more concerned with aggrandizing madness, not the man, and the results might drive you crazy.
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Foreign Titles
- Nijinsky: The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky (DE)
- Nijinsky: The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky (UK)
