Director Asif Kapadia makes slick work of Akram Khan’s ballet in Creature, which world premiered at the BFI London Film Festival. Based on Khan’s original concept and choreography, the English Nati…
. Based on Khan’s original concept and choreography, the English National Ballet Production is produced by Uzma Hasan for Little House Productions, and brings an intense cinematic sensibility to the bleak story exploring power, nature, connection and more. , who went on to star in the stage production which was delayed due to the pandemic. He twistsand slinks across the set with a performance that’s both animalistic and tenderly humane.
While the set-up is clarified by reading the film’s synopsis, the diverse cast and crew do a terrific job of communicating the story through expressive choreography and acting as well as staging, lighting, editing and sound. While none of the performers speak, the occasional whispered phrase is heard in audio, performed by Andy Serkis, and the film opens with the audio of Richard Nixon’s telephone call to Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin after they landed on the moon.
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