Leap of Froth; 'The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky,' Skimming the Surface

From: The Washington Post | Date: August 2, 2002| Author: Ann Hornaday | Copyright information

With "The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky," director Paul Cox takes a page from his 1987 film "Vincent," a critically acclaimed meditation on the life and work of Vincent Van Gogh. Here, Cox turns his ruminative eye toward the most famous male ballet dancer of his time, specifically the troubled years during the onset of Nijinsky's emotional difficulties.

Derek Jacobi gives an impassioned narration, reading from Nijinsky's diaries of 1917 and 1918, during which he awaited the end of World W...

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