Einstein on the Beach

Name: Einstein on the Beach
Genre: Music
Released: 2014-01-07
Duration: 4 h 24 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Antoine Silverman, Helga Davis, Kate Moran

TV Movie
2014
4h 24m

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7.5/10

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Eschewing conventional narrative, a Philip Glass opera based loosely on pacifist Einstein's relationship to the atomic bomb's creation. Châtelet Theatre France production and first ever film... Read allEschewing conventional narrative, a Philip Glass opera based loosely on pacifist Einstein's relationship to the atomic bomb's creation. Châtelet Theatre France production and first ever filming by award-winning arts filmmaker Don Kent.Eschewing conventional narrative, a Philip Glass opera based loosely on pacifist Einstein's relationship to the atomic bomb's creation. Châtelet Theatre France production and first ever filming by award-winning arts filmmaker Don Kent.

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- Don Kent
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- Don Kent
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4/10

It's like Noh theater without the lavish costumes

First off, I love Phillip Glass' music and have listened to him for years. Two of my favourite Glass pieces are from Einstein on the Beach (the opera debut was in 1976).

But it's... long! 4.5 hours non stop minimalist music and acting.

Phillip Glass said "It's a story that you have to create for yourself. We don't give you a plot; we give you a theme. And the audience completes the story." As a story, this opera's a lengthy tome!

It's a delightful opera to look at if one only views a few of the acts at a time (called 'knees' in the opera). My low rating is because it simply is too long a production. Trying to sit through the entire 4.5 hours at once is as enjoyable as undergoing a frontal lobotomy.