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Willem Dafoe on Heading the Venice Biennale Theater Department and His Mission to ‘Concentrate on the Body and the Poetry That It Can Express’
Willem Dafoe on leading the Venice Biennale theatre department and his mission to 'concentrate on the body and the poetry that It can express.'
Willem Dafoe is at the Venice Film Festival with two hats: he’s among the stars playing in the fest’s opener, Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.” But he’s also busy at work as recently appointed artistic director of the theatre department at the Venice Biennale, the fest’s multidisciplinary parent organization. Did you have any hesitation in accepting, given that Buttafuoco is a member of Italy’s far-right, though he’s known to be a non-conventional person and someone who thinks outside the box? Can you make something for me with these kinds of thoughts?” And hallelujah, a lot of the people I’ve contacted – in fact, pretty much all of them, have responded.
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