NOW OUT: PASSING STRANGE: The Movie on DVD + DVD REVIEWS — Page 2

"Director Annie Dorsen and choreographer Karole Armitage keep the cast in constant motion. You don’t always know where to look when enjoying such an active show in the theater, and Lee clearly understood how the small moments in Passing Strange add up to the big picture. The camerawork is tight but never claustrophobic and pinpoints exactly the right emotions from scene to scene. It adds clarity without sacrificing pace or texture. I was wondering how Lee was going to handle the show’s exciting reveal of its setpiece, a massive lightwall (a collaboration of set designer David Korins and lighting designer Kevin Adams) that appears from behind curtains. The camera goes into an overhead shot during a song and then, voila, it’s there—a purely cinematic approach to capture an instance of pure theater. Beautiful."

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