Living Glorious

Leonardis film about the Living Theatre is less concerned with a straight documentary presentation of the exile theatre group from New York but rather is concerned with the specific atmospheric factor which is indicated by their name and which constitutes the highly suggestive effect of their playing Cutting for Leonardi is the most decisive aesthetic device The result is a wonderfully composed furioso of pictures The handheld camera catches rehearsals conversations without sound bits of theatre and daily life actions which for Living Theatre people is very often intermixed