Julianne Moore walks in and then sits in a chair. A spot light centers on her mouth and like the opening of Rocky Horror Picture Show we watch her lips in close up. Its a quickly spoken monologue concerning a woman's life. I'm not sure it really works. I'm not sure the conceit of the lips in close up works any more since in these days on the Internet and home video we get lots of people posting close up shots of their mouths doing things or super imposed onto things. The result is unintentional humor. As for the material itself its okay, nothing special. Its typical Beckett language and sentence structure. I've seen this a couple of times since it was made thanks to having it on a PBS special which I have on tape, but its something that has diminished over time for me, especially in the wake of Beckett's, particularly because of the Beckett on Film set, other work.
Review of Not I
