We all know that it takes more than snapping one´s fingers to produce an excellent ballet, so here is a film which chronicles the process. When I began watching Relève/Reset, I stopped after several minutes because it seemed to be something of a vanity project. I did not know then that Benjamin Millepied is Natalie Portman´s husband, but I suspect that it might have something to do with the fact that this film was made.
Anyway, I eventually finished watching the film in bedtime segments and found it fairly interesting, overall, as a look behind the scenes of a ballet production. But I do think that there is too much of an attempt to idolize Millepied here. Interestingly enough, without knowing that he had choreographed Black Swan, I was reminded of that film in the middle of Relève/Reset at various points, especially looking at the pained expressions on the faces of some of the ocd, extremely thin ballerinas.
Anyway, I eventually finished watching the film in bedtime segments and found it fairly interesting, overall, as a look behind the scenes of a ballet production. But I do think that there is too much of an attempt to idolize Millepied here. Interestingly enough, without knowing that he had choreographed Black Swan, I was reminded of that film in the middle of Relève/Reset at various points, especially looking at the pained expressions on the faces of some of the ocd, extremely thin ballerinas.
