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Einstein on the Beach

2014 · 265 min

A hypnotic, slow-moving stage spectacle where music and images drift like a dream, rewarding patience with a strange, meditative beauty.

Directed by: Robert Wilson, Don Kent
Genres: Music, Drama
Starring: Helga Davis, Kate Moran, Jasper Newell

Overview: This seminal work of avant-garde opera from composer Philip Glass and director Robert Wilson arrives full-circle, coming to France, the site of its 1976 Avignon Festival world premiere, at the tail end of this 2014 revival tour for a landmark Theâtre du Châtelet production and a first ever filming by award-winning arts filmmaker Don Kent. Eschewing conventional narrative, the opera revolves loosely around pacifist Einstein’s relationship to the creation of the atomic bomb.

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Directed by: Robert Wilson, Don Kent
Genres: Music, Drama
Starring: Helga Davis, Kate Moran, Jasper Newell

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earneststrength 2 of 3
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Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: science
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Places: None
Era: timeless
Audience: adult
Form: musical
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Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
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Genres: music, drama
Directed by: Robert Wilson, Don Kent
Written by: Philip Glass
Starring: Helga Davis, Kate Moran, Jasper Newell, Charles Williams, Antoine Silverman, Katie Dorn, Katherine Helen Fisher, Sarah Hillmon
Music: Philip Glass
Cinematography: Julien Jaunet
Runtime: 265 min
Country: France, United States of America
Languages: English

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