G R E E N M A N
1997   10'   Dance Film   ACE / BBC Dance for the Camera Series

S Y N O P S I S :

GREENMAN continues director Peter Anderson and choreographer Rosemary Lee's exploration of the human figure in the landscape.
 
A solitary man in an attic room. He paces and listens intently, stooping and ducking beneath his heavy coat. Something joins him in this empty tower - a magical companion, revealing secrets that transport him from stone to leaves to bog. Is it an old friend or a Pandora's box - should he stalk it or embrace it?
 
Anderson's distinctive painterly compositions combine with Lee's expressive choreography to create an enthralling character in a bleak, unpredictable world.
 
GREENMAN is their second collaboration for DANCE FOR THE CAMERA, their first being BOY.

C R E D I T S :

D I R E C T O R
Peter Anderson

C H O R E O G R A P H E R
Rosemary Lee

P E R F O R M E D   B Y
Simon Whitehead

D I R E C T O R   O F   P H O T O G R A P H Y
David Scott

M U S I C   A N D   S O U N D   D E S I G N
Graeme Miller

A R T   D I R E C T O R
Louise Belson

E D I T O R
John Middlewick

P R O D U C E R S
Anne Beresford
Margaret Williams
MJW Productions

R E V I E W S :

'Ostensibly about a man alone in a stone tower, the work's power evolves from the succession of unanticipated discoveries that he makes going through a magical desk. The colours, textures and shapes of natural phenomena - leaves, nuts, stones, water - evolve into a dramatic kaleidoscope of evocative images.'
Dance Magazines, New York

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