LIGHT MOVES FESTIVAL FINALE: ANNA KARENINA, SUNDAY 4PM

ANNA KARENINA
2012 | UK | 129’ | 12A
Director: Joe Wright
Choreographer: Sidi Larabi Cherkaoui
Adapted Screenplay: Tom Stoppard

Anna Karenina is a 2012 epic British film directed by Joe Wright. Adapted by Tom Stoppard from Leo Tolstoy’s 1877 novel and choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, the film depicts the tragedy of Russian aristocrat and socialite Anna Karenina.

“In Joe Wright’s hyper-stylised film, which takes place not on location but on a stage, movement is constant. Just as every scene swells with motion, each is also structured in a physical way. Servants guide an aristocrat’s arm through the sleeve of a coat or suddenly appear to catch a piece of falling ash from a cigarette and then retreat into the shadows and remain as stationary as pieces of a set. Office workers stamp pieces of paper and then uniformly lift them, so that they float in the air. Fluttering fans hint at a secret language”. The New York Times.

“I really love the part of my job that is blocking — the movement of actors in space, and their physical relationships, and how you express that through a camera. There’s a lot of craft involved in that, but there’s also the potential for a lot of emotion”.
Joe Wright, interview with The New York Times.