The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
by Paul Cox
Our Price: $79.09
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $24.95 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD details
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD details
Actor: Chris Haywood, Delia Silvan, Derek Jacobi, Hans Sonneveld, Oliver StreetonDirector: Paul Cox
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, 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
DVD Reviews of The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
DVD Review: Mesmerizing and visually stunning
Summary: 4 Stars
This film is a visualized version of the diary Nijinsky wrote while living in a sanitarium in Switzerland. Derek Jacobi reads from an English translation of the diary. The film, like the diary, assumes you know who Nijinsky was, the roles he created and performed for the Ballets Russes, and about his complex relationships with his mentor Serge Diaghilev and his wife Romola. Taken as a whole, this film could be seen as a contemplation on the fine line between creativity and madness. The filmmakers have done a good job of selecting which passages to use. They neither avoided nor gravitated toward the most shocking ones (the sexual nature of the dancer's relationship with Diaghliev is clear, as are his tendency toward "self abuse" and the frequenting of prostitutes). Also apparent are his grandiosity (he virtually claims equality with God) and his pathetic need to be loved by an audience. The film is populated by dancers portraying the characters that were created on Nijinsky--such as, the spirit of the Rose, Petrouchka, the blue god, and the Faun. In the context of the readings from the diary, these characters seem more than ever to be fractured parts of the great dancer's inner essence. As arty and "high concept" as this sounds, this really is a beautiful and interesting film. Don't, however, expect it to answer any questions you have about the life of Nijinsky. It is, after all, Nijinsky's version of Nijinsky. One moment he seems to be a seer in the tradition of the poets Baudelaire or Rimbaud, the next, a self-deluded fool. Either way, he was clearly a creative genius whose flame burned brightly but all too briefly (his peak years as a dancer and choreographer were from 1906 to 1913; he died in a sanitarium in 1950). If you can enjoy films that don't fill in all the blanks, there's much in Paul Cox's NIJINSKY to appreciate.
More The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky reviews:
1
1
Bestsellers in DVD
![The Story of Jeremiah [VHS] Image](/images/noimg.gif)
The Story of Jeremiah [VHS]Vision Video; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Wresting With God [VHS]by Vision Video
Vision Video; Published: 1990-10-01; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Price in other shops:
Study Bible Video with Workbook [VHS]Spring Arbor Distributors; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $7.95
Price in other shops:
Tempo:Childrens TV Favourites Video [VHS]HarperCollins Audio; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $9.17
Price in other shops:
Tempo.Herbs:Parseley'Sb/ Party Video [VHS]HarperCollins Audio; VHS Tape; VHS Video
![Strike the Original Match [VHS] Image](/images/Strike-the-Original-Match-VHS-0001374079-X.jpg)
Strike the Original Match [VHS]New Liberty Films; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Price in other shops:
![Medjugorje The Miracles and the Message [VHS] Image](/images/Medjugorje-The-Miracles-and-the-Message-VHS-0001373293-X.jpg)
Medjugorje The Miracles and the Message [VHS]JPN Film Production; Release date: 1995-12-15; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $29.99
Mayo Clinic Echocardiography Review Course for Boards and Recertification DVD 2008by Mayo
DVD
Price in other shops:
Pediatric Diagnostic Imaging DVD: Single Userby Oakstone
DVD
Price in other shops:
Cost Accounting [VHS]by Charles T. Horngren, George Foster, Srikant M. Datar, Howard Teall
Pearson Canada, Toronto; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Similar DVDs, VHS Video, Audio CDs
The Ballets Russes and the Art of DesignThe Monacelli Press; Published: 2009-12-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $31.72
Price in other shops:
Diaghilev: A Lifeby Sjeng Scheijen
Oxford University Press, USA; Published: 2010-09-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $21.15
Price in other shops:
Billy ElliotBell; Release date: 2001-04-17; DVD
Best price: $6.33
Price in other shops:
The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky (Unexpurgated)by Waslav Nijinsky, Vaslav Nijinksy
Farrar Straus Giroux; Published: 1999-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $17.29
Price in other shops:
Bronislava Nijinska: Early Memoirsby Bronislava Nijinksa
Duke University Press Books; Published: 1992-10-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $25.00
Price in other shops:
Ballets RussesZeitgeist Films; Release date: 2006-09-12; DVD
Best price: $15.52
Price in other shops:
Stravinsky and the Ballets Russes: The Firebird/ Le Sacre du PrintempsRelease date: 2009-10-27; DVD
Best price: $20.82
Price in other shops:
The Kirov Celebrates Nijinsky / Sheherazade, La Spectre de la Rose, The Polovtsian Dances, The FirebirdKultur; Release date: 2005-02-08; DVD
Best price: $10.84
Price in other shops:
NijinskyRelease date: 2012-02-28; DVD
Best price: $18.99
Price in other shops:
The Diary of Vaslav Nijinskyby Vaslav Nijinsky
University of Illinois Press; Published: 2006-10-16; Paperback; Book
Best price: $16.40
Price in other shops: