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Obsessed with Light (2023)
Director: Sabine Krayenbühl
Cast: Cherry Jones
N/ARuntime90 min
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Loïe Fuller, stage name of Marie Louise Fuller: the American actress and dancer trained in burlesque, circuses and variety shows who, in the 1890s, signed by the Folies Bergère of Paris, became a star. She was portrayed by Toulouse-Lautrec, loved by the symbolists, the inspiration for Art Nouveau, in her shows she combined dance, spirals of fabric and light, reflected from behind or from below through the glass floor that she had created. She transformed into the "Fairy of Light", was taken up (especially in her Serpentine Dance) by Georges Méliès and Alice Guy and influenced René Clair's early films.
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Fans of thoughtful, visually stunning documentaries will find 'Obsessed with Light' from 2023 to be a captivating exploration of the life and pioneering work of dancer Loïe Fuller, as directed by Sabine Krayenbühl. The film showcases Fuller's innovative use of fabric and light to create mesmerizing on-stage performances that influenced the Art Nouveau movement and early cinema.