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Crazy Horse

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A look inside the greatest and most chic nude dancing hall in the world.

Critics Reviews

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Stanley Kauffmann The New Republic 06/19/2013
Crazy Horse could be condensed to its advantage. Go to Full Review
Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer 03/30/2012
The idea is to be erotic, seductive, but often, through Wiseman's unforgiving lens, the effect is more anatomical, aloof, amusing. Go to Full Review
Tom Long Detroit News 03/23/2012
B-
If there's one thing that's both surprising and predictable about "Crazy Horse" it's how thoroughly unsexy the film is. Go to Full Review
Felicia Feaster Burnaway.org 01/16/2020
As with nearly all of Wiseman's films, Crazy Horse is a narcotic, fly-on-the-wall immersion in the rhythms and predilections of a peculiar industry. Go to Full Review
Steve Erickson Nashville Scene 11/06/2018
Crazy Horse shows how much work goes into winning the battles of the erotic army, even if the real warfare is going on behind the curtains. Go to Full Review
Geoffrey O'Brien The New York Review of Books 11/06/2018
Crazy Horse manages to achieve a kind of constant double image. When we watch the numbers we see both the fantasy and the labor that goes into simulating it. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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12/16/2014 This was a jumbled mess of a documentary. See more 06/30/2013 Frederick Wiseman points his cinema verite camera at the CRAZY HORSE in Paris completing his French trilogy that includes films on La Comedie Francaise and the Paris Opera Ballet. As always, Wiseman does not interject himself into the proceedings but unlike his best works, CRAZY HORSE does not always have much of a point to make. Watching the film, you will question "is this art" or "pure exploitation" regarding the CRAZY HORSE. And that clearly is one of Wiseman's points--can there both? or works that straddle the line? Yes! But the film just never delves deep enough to see or understand the world underneath the beautiful naked bodies. See more 11/23/2012 "the best nude dancing show in the world" I like the different approach of this director to make a documentary without voice overs or unnecessary titles. See more 09/26/2012 Crazy Horse is a nude show , but this film is artistic than sexual. See more 07/11/2012 pretty bad movie, as a documentary it feels light and incomplete. most of the dancers are techically not at all talented (suppose thats why they have to be nude) steven soderberghs 'magic mike' is a far more entertaining look at erotic dancing. See more 04/19/2012 What so engaging here is this documentary's ability to titillate as well as educate. By observing the events of an infamous Parisian cabaret, the film successfully captures the creating, performing, and selling of simulated sexual pleasure. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A look inside the greatest and most chic nude dancing hall in the world.
Director
Frederick Wiseman
Producer
Pierre-Olivier Bardet, Frederick Wiseman
Production Co
Zipporah Films, Idéale Audience
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
French (France)
Box Office (Gross USA)
$155.7K
Runtime
2h 14m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.66:1)