Kafka’s The Metamorphosis – Black Moon Theatre Company

The Metamorphosis tells the story of Gregor Samsa (Eric Pettigrew) who awakes one morning to discover that he has been transformed into an insect overnight. It is as though he has been thrust into another dimension, one that he is helpless to control. As life continues around him, Samsa struggles to find a place in the world, to break free from the oppressive ‘realities’ of family and society and, by extension, his own perceived reality and isolation.
In adapting Kafka’s classic tale for the stage, director Migliaccio has blended live action with black and white film in the German Expressionistic style to create a unique theatrical/cinematic hybrid that achieves stunning visual effects. The production has been hailed as “an ingenious fusion of film and stage” by the Philadelphia Enquirer and “Genius of modernist self-containment” by New York Arts.
More than just an opportunity to explore dramatic themes in a mixed-media context, THE METAMORPHOSIS strives to create an immediate interaction between the arts of theatre and cinema. The two forms are tied together to achieve a direct, real time interplay between them. Thus, a tension and excitement are created as they come into contact with each other and their individual characteristics, artistic forms, and physical and emotional qualities collide.
THE METAMORPHOSIS features an international cast of 10, seven of whom appear on film and three of whom appear on-stage. René Migliaccio directs both the stage production and the film (with film co-direction by Vinz Feller). Film scenography were created by Venantius J. Pinto and music was composed by Amaury Groc.

Duration : 0:4:39


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