Nion in the Kabaret de La Vita

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Nion in the Kabaret de La Vita
Directed by Jeremy Podeswa
Produced byJeremy Podeswa
Camelia Frieberg
StarringIan "Nion" Wallace
Cinematography Peter Mettler
Release date
  • 1986 (1986)
Running time
28 min.
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Nion in the Kabaret de La Vita is a Canadian experimental short film, directed by Jeremy Podeswa and released in 1986. [1]

Based on Commedia Bizarro, a stage show by performance artist Ian Wallace in his Nion character, the film depicts Nion as an alien who lands on Earth and undergoes a series of magical journeys which teach him about the human condition. [1] Writing for The Globe and Mail , Salem Alaton opined that "you can only wonder what Laurie Anderson's static, stagy Home of the Brave might have looked like had Jeremy Podeswa been hired to direct it." [1]

The film was a shortlisted Genie Award finalist for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 8th Genie Awards. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Overnight: a loving look at the trials of filmmaking". The Globe and Mail , September 12, 1986.
  2. "Genie promises skits both dramatic, comic". The Globe and Mail , March 13, 1987.