Peter Brook: The Tightrope

Brook offers himself as a teacher whose goal is to help his students discover brief, ephemeral moments of bliss.

The way the tightrope works is vague, but what the exercise shows is straightforward and marvelous.

Simon Brook used five hidden cameras, and the audience has a sense of witnessing intimate moments rather than watching a performance.

There’s no doubting Brook and the performers’ commitment to their craft, even if the end result is somewhat repetitive.

Frustratingly devoid of any background information about the director’s storied career, the film is ultimately repetitive and tedious.

So instructional is the film, directed by Brook's son, Simon, that it feels like one of those P90X or Insanity home fitness programs: Try this at home. You too can perform on stage.