Gisele Vienne - Scenes from JERK

In a style similar with Kantor's, but with a more rougher line, Gisele talks through her plays about human's frustrations and death's imminence. She's only 33 (I hope I'm not wrong) and she's one of the youngest french directors. Enjoy a scene from the play JERK... This is a play that I find it to be a modern version of the traditional puppet showes Punch and Judy (Polichinelle or Guignol in France)

JERK

From a novel by Dennis Cooper

Directed by Gisèle Vienne
Dramaturgy : Dennis Cooper
Original Music : Peter Rehberg and El Mundo Frio of Corrupted
Lights : Patrick Riou
Performed by and created in collaboration with : Jonathan Capdevielle
Recorded voices : Dennis Cooper and Paul P
Stylisme : Stephen OMalley and Jean-Luc Verna
Puppets : Gisèle Vienne and Dorothéa Vienne Pollak
Make-up : Jean-Luc Verna and Rebecca Flores
Costumes : Dorothéa Vienne Polak, Marino Marchand and Babeth Martin
Ventriloquism teaching : Michel Dejeneffe
Text translation from American to French : Emmelene Landon

Jerk is an imaginary reconstruction strange, poetic, funny and somber of the crimes perpetrated by American serial killer Dean Corll who, with the help of teenagers David Brooks and Wayne Henley, killed more than twenty boys in the state of Texas during the mid-70s.
This show sees David Brooks serving his life sentence. In prison, he learns the art of puppets, which somehow enables him to face up to his responsibility as partner in the crimes. He has written a show that reconstructs the murders committed by Dean Corll, using puppets for all the roles. He performs his show in prison for a class of psychology students from a local university.

*** infos taken from http://www.g-v.fr/ ****

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[e5city]

Jerk

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[DrowningArt94]

subtitles anyone?

[kunigundae]

I saw this performance in Amsterdam (in English) and it is almost as good as her previous performance Kindertotenlieder. But since that is the best thing I ever saw this is pretty darn good as well. I hope she'll get greater recognition soon.