Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars (1987)

Directed by

Peter Leippe, Howard Brookner

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows theater director Robert Wilson as he tries to stage a massive twelve-hour opera for the 1984 Summer Olympics. It shows the creative process and behind-the-scenes efforts involved in putting together this ambitious multinational production.

observationalambitiousbehind-the-scenesintimatefocusedartisticmethodical

What happens

Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars is a 1985 documentary by Howard Brookner about Robert Wilson's ambitious attempt to stage an epic, twelve-hour, multinational opera for the 1984 Summer Olympics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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