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BY RICK LEVIN
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rederick Wiseman’s documentary
iseman’s work in Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse — a behind-the-curtains
is stellar: Without the benefi t
peek at the famous nude cabaret
of narration, he’s able to reveal
in Paris — is either an elaborate ruse that
both the (sometimes silly) erotic beauty of
slowly seduces you before yanking out the
the company’s fi nal product as well as the
proverbial rug, or it’s a brilliantly conceived
intense and repulsive sides of life behind
cinema vérité with a
the scenes.
winking Socratic irony
It’s unfortunate that
while the cabaret’s
about its controversial
subject matter. Whether
director and artistic
Wiseman is a carnival
director are able to
The POV from a P and V
barker or a shrewd
speak for themselves
CRAZY HORSE : Directed by
savant is irrelevant:
in the course of giving
Frederick Wiseman. Cinematography,
John Davey. Editor, Wiseman. Starring
Crazy Horse is no lap
interviews, no dancer
the cast and crew of Le Crazy Horse
dance. Though it takes
is shown in the same
de Paris. Zipporah Films, 2011. NR. 134
minutes.
its sweet time, the fi lm
individual depth. Still,
fi nally resolves into an
this would be diffi cult
Crazy Horse, opens Friday, April 13, at
eroticized meditation on
to accomplish in cinema
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art — more specifi cally,
vérité style — any
on creating art in an
dancer who’s working
era when nostalgia, glitz and carnal kitsch
in the most prestigious of nude dancing
are repackaged as chic peepshows for the
shows probably wouldn’t want to risk
nouveau riche.
her job by being frank about the ups and
Wiseman deftly opens with a triptych of
downs in front of a videographer.
scenes: a shadow-puppet fantasia; a woman
Because of this, Wiseman instead
reproducing an elegant orgasm; a backstage
offers glimpses of who the dancers are:
glimpse at half-naked dancers applying
women who laugh at ballet blooper reels,
makeup in the surgical refl ection of cosmetic
love the fabric of a certain costume and
mirrors. Artistry, artifi ce, hard work and
stand transfi xed at news segments about
dreamy erotica — these confl icting elements
the biological diversity of species. It
pirouette across the screen with the intimacy
might not be enough, but it’s an insightful
of a home movie. There’s zero voice-over;
something.
you are simply a spy in the house of burlesque.
Taken by itself, the way the dancers
Sex sells: At Crazy Horse, asses are
behave backstage is elegantly unself-
commodity fetishes, tits stand perfectly pert.
conscious. Sure, society reinforces their
Then all these intense, intelligent discussions
sense of beauty, but backstage their bodies
rage among the show’s creators, until what
are just bodies — the great mass of cells
emerges is a disarmingly complex look at
that make them exist. And it’s beautiful
the tension between the clashing demands
not because the dancers fall into some
of art versus commerce. Is this only a fancy
ideal but because they are moving human
tease cloaking the cattle call of female
forms, concerned about what they’re
objectifi cation?
doing, not what they look like.
Crazy Horse is a fascinating, infuriating
As a society, we’re so afraid of brazen
movie, and so open-ended it goads our
nudity that not having a narrative telling
anxiety of interpretation. You’re tested at
us to love Crazy or hate Crazy feels almost
the raw level of sexuality. Artists will seek
bizarre. What if the prude/bro/feminazi
integrity, postmodernist can preach pastiche,
sitting next to me doesn’t get it right?
feminists may cry foul and voluptuaries will
That’s what Wiseman does get right:
just cry.
He trusts the audience to come to their
And it all comes down to this: There will
own conclusions without being told “this
forever exist an audience willing to pay for
is what’s bad and this is what’s good.”
that sanctioned stare at the cosmic beauty of
Crazy Horse is a movie for people who
the unclothed female form.
can generate their own opinions.
— Rick Levin
— Shannon Finnell
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THE CABIN IN THE WOODS
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12:25,2:45,5:05,7:25,9:45
DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX
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2:25,7:05
DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX
(3D) PG
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12:05,4:45,9:25
THE HUNGER GAMES
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12:20,1:10,2:00,3:40,4:30,5:20,7:00,7:
50,8:40,10:20
MIRROR MIRROR (DIGITAL) PG
11:35,12:55,2:15,3:35,4:55,6:15,7:35
,8:55,10:15
LOCKOUT (DIGITAL) PG-13
12:15,2:35,4:55,7:15,9:35
THE RAID: REDEMPTION
(DIGITAL) R
12:20,2:50,5:20,7:50,10:20
THE THREE STOOGES
(DIGITAL) PG
12:05,2:25,4:45,7:05,9:25
TITANIC (2012) (3D) PG-13
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11:40,1:45,3:50,5:55,8:00,10:05
WRATH OF TITANS (DIGITAL)
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WRATH OF TITANS (3D) PG-13
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12:25,2:55,4:10,5:25,7:55,9:10,10:25
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12:10, 2:25, 5:00, 7:30, 9:45
CHRONICLE PG-13
12:35, 2:50, 4:55, 7:35, 9:40
GHOST RIDER SPIRIT OF
VENGEANCE PG-13
12:25, 2:45, 5:15, 7:55,10:25
GONE PG-13
12:40, 2:55, 5:10, 7:45,10:00
THE IRON LADY PG-13
12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:40,10:05
JOURNEY 2: THE
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11:50, 2:10, 4:30, 7:05, 9:30
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE GHOST
PROTOCOL PG-13
12:20, 4:20, 7:25,10:20
THE SECRET WORLD OF
ARRIETTY G
12:05, 2:20, 4:45, 7:20, 9:50
STAR WARS: EPISODE I -
PHANTOM MENACE (3D) PG
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12:30, 3:50, 7:15,10:15
VOW, THE PG-13
11:45, 2:15, 4:40, 7:10, 9:35
WAR HORSE PG-13
11:55, 3:45, 7:00,10:10
THE WOMAN IN BLACK PG-13
12:00, 2:30, 4:50, 7:50 10:30
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