Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'

Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 5, 1983

Runtime

0h 58m

Genres

Drama

User Score

70%

Original Title

Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'

Director

D. A. Pennebaker

Description

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.