Showing posts with label Way of the Morris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Way of the Morris. Show all posts

15/03/2012

Whites and Bells



John Connors reviews the documentary Way of the Morris
When a documentary opens with an invented creation myth involving a dancing fox and read to us in the sumptuous tones of Donald Sumpter and animated gorgeously by Elliot Dear you know you’re in for something special. Rather than explore what some might consider the `weird` world of Morris dancing either for laughs or some outsider’s attempts to understand it, writer / co-director Tim Plester’s beguiling film approaches the subject from a different angle.