Act Without Words I (Samuel Beckett)

Описание: Written in French in1956. Filmed in Ardmore Studios April 2000.

Director: Karel Reisz
Character: Man
Cast: Sean Foley
Music: Michael Nyman

Desert. Dazzling light.

This balletic mime, written in response to an invitation from Deryk Mendel and with music by his cousin, John Beckett, was originally scheduled to occupy a double bill with 'Endgame'. The first performance was given at the Royal Court Theatre in 1957.

"It was an intriguing challenge to film a Beckett play. You have to rethink and refeel everything, but it was a nice problem! I chose 'Act Without Words I' because of the clever use of the artifice of the theatre and the way Beckett intermingles humour and pathos."

Karel Reisz
Karel Reisz was born in Czechoslovakia in 1926 and educated in Britain. He was the first programme director of the National Film Theatre in the early fifties. He has directed many films including: Night Must Fall (1963) with Albert Finney; Isadora (1967) with Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards and James Fox; On The High Road (1972) for the BBC; The Gambler (1973-4) with James Caan; The French Lieutenant's Woman (1980) with Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons; Sweet Dreams (1985-6) with Jessica Lange and Ed Harris; and Everybody Wins (1990) Nick Nolte and Debra Winger, among others. He has also directed many productions on stage across America, Great Britain and Ireland.