Breath

Breath (2001)

The camera swoops down on a circular area, seemingly suspended in space. It is filled with medical waste and other trash. A labored exhalation is heard. Then it stops. Then it starts again, culminating in a windy, dying sigh.

Date of release
2001-01-01
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1m
Director
Damien Hirst

Casting

Interesting facts

Breath is an unusually short dramaticule stage work by Samuel Beckett. An altered version was first included in Kenneth Tynan's revue Oh! Calcutta!, at the Eden Theatre in New York City on 16 June 1969. The UK premiere was at the Close Theatre Club in Glasgow in October 1969; this was the first performance of the text as written. The second performance, and the English premiere, was at a benefit held at the Oxford Playhouse on March 8, 1970. "The first accurate publication appeared in Gambit 4.16 (1969): 5–9, with a manuscript facsimile."

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