Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'

(1983)

★ 7.5 IMDb · 4 votes

Genres: Drama, Documentary

Year: 1983

Runtime: 58 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: D. A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus

Cast: Билли Уайтлоу, Alan Schneider, Daniel Labeille, Esther Kling, Martin Esslin, Samuel Beckett

Plot

The filmmakers accompany Alan Schneider, director of the American premieres of most of Beckett's plays, and producer Daniel Labeille to the home of Billie Whitelaw, whom Schneider, ironically, had never met previously, and takes us through the rehearsal process of Beckett's newest play, including the recording of the dialogue, as almost all of it is voiceover. The final fifteen minutes of the film are the premiere performance in its entirety.