Movie Details
Original Language:Japanese
Afternoon of a Faun
DirectorFuyuhiko Takata
5 min
Plot
This video work was based on the request by dance critic Satoru Kimura to create a video using Nijinskys ballet Afternoon of a Faun as a motif The original ballet depicts alluring nymphs by a lake and a faun who in his attraction to the dancers attempts to seduce them Takata however recreated the ballet into a story of the fauns own narcissism In Takatas version the faun shows no interest in the nymphs and continues to take photos of himself with a selfie stick On the other hand the nymphs lift and swing the fauns body attempting to disturb the complete absorption he has for his own world In the end the faun finally wakes up after having been dragged around by the nymphs who have gradually become violent
