'La Danse' is balletic in its portrayal of the art
di Kenneth Turan The Los Angeles Times
Bodies in motion tend to remain in motion, but almost never with the heart-stirring beauty and grace on view in Frederick Wiseman's exceptional portrait of the Paris Opera Ballet, "La Danse."
Wiseman has been making his kind of quiet but potent documentaries for decades. "La Danse" is his 36th, following looks at institutions as varied as the Idaho state legislature, a Chicago public housing development and the Neiman Marcus department store.
As a director, Wiseman's approach is unvarying. He simply looks and observes, avoiding voice-over, talking heads, any kind of obvious framing devices. [...]
di Kenneth Turan, articolo completo (3737 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 20 novembre 2009