cocotaffy
Fetchez la vache... mais fetchez la vache !
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Tx so much for your suggestions. I had watched First Position and I have lined up Pina in my watch list. There's actually a lot of interesting dance doc on YT. Right now I'm awaiting the documentary about Sergei Polunin named Dancer http://m.imdb.com/title/tt5097070/?ref=m_nv_sr_2Here's the other dance documentary I mentioned:
Never Stand Still: Dancing at Jacob's Pillow -- Official Trailer
Thanks to @kwanfan1818 for knowing the title.
And a movie called The dancer about Loie Fuller http://m.imdb.com/title/tt4632440/
It's a “presented by Morgan Spurlock” project, about eight or so people who share the name Hitler. I guess there’s a variety in the people they chose to be a part of this movie, but those who are rather strange are the ones who stand out. Most notably the couple you probably remember being in the news for wanting their local bakery to personalize a birthday cake for their child, who they had named Adolf Hitler. On the other end of the spectrum, you have the warm cuddly grandfather and his middle-aged children taking a pilgrimage back to the Pennsylvania graveyard where all their relatives have been buried since the 1700’s. Then there’s the reporter (not named Hitler) trying to track down the last known relatives of the real Adolf Hitler, who are living in America, have changed their names and have all agreed to never marry or have any children. This reporter thinks their existence is a part of history and do not deserve to live their lives in anonymity, which they so clearly want. I kept wanting this reporter to get hit by a semi-truck. His wanting a story was so much more important to him than how reavealing these people's identity could harm them. The focus of this movie is fairly random and often has over-the-top background music playing for long periods of time. Right now, you are to feel melancholy. Listen to the music...it's telling you so! And right now, while you are feeling overwhelmed, it’s not really so bad - so we’re going to focus on the cuddly grandpapa and play this light, spry music for you all. Harumph. 
Thumbs down, way down, for this mess of a film. 
I thought it would have a greater impact on me. I find the overall story to be kind of slight. I might have had a stronger reaction if I had seen it closer to when it first came out (instead of waiting decades to see it). And I might have watched an older DVD copy of the movie – it’s filmed mostly in rural areas of Australia and the overall look of the movie has a very washed out sandy brown hue to it which leaves one feeling rather blah. I found Gallipoli to have been filmed in similar locations but not leaving me feeling as blah as this one did. I’m glad I got to see it, but was left feeling a little underwhelmed. And looking over Armstrong's imdb page, I much prefer the work of Jane Campion as far as female Australian directors goes.
