主持人……演员……鼓佬……琴师…… 　　2007年五月。四川乐山的一座重建的剧院内。大家正在紧张地排练…… 　　准备着：在一位川剧老演员逝世二十周年之际举行一台丑角专场的纪念演出……

The first of Schroeter’s series of documentaries about theatrical performers, Dress Rehearsal began as a commission by German television for a short report on the 1980 edition of the World Theatre Festival in Nancy, France. Inspired by a number of the performers at the festival, Schroeter created instead a feature-length film essay. In particular, he focuses on Pina Bausch and her troupe from the Wuppertal Tanztheater, the Japanese butoh dancer Kazuo Ohno and the American performance artist Pat Olesko. Out of an engrossing and entertaining collage of various impressions from the festival, including rehearsals, performances, interviews, readings and encounters onstage and off, Schroeter develops a meditation on the relationship between art and politics and presents an early formulation of his ideas about performance as a form of love.

A pseudo-documentary about the processes involved in putting together and casting actors and actresses for a porn film. Although several actual porn stars are in the film, it is not a porn film itself. 　　Run an ad in a paper. "Open tryouts for Porn Movie". See who shows up. Put them in a frilly pink bedroom or a dark dungeon. Each room has a one way mirror and speaker that lets the producer see and talk to the hopeful porn actor/actress. Let the fun begin. 　　This film is fascinating! Not as porn but as a window into human behavior. A disembodied voice tells you to take off all your clothes, and promises that if you masturbate you will be in the movies. What do you do? 　　You are a producer and you tell a guy to take off all his clothes. This process reveals his pistol. Not the kind of gun you are expecting to see. What do you do? 　　Move from solo tryouts, to couples call backs, to group grope final scenes. The intensity just keep growing. And some interesting sides of human nature are revealed. 　　The sex is so-so. The whole concept and execution is absolutely first rate. This is a must see.

Leszek Jankowski为一部卡夫卡式作品所作的音乐成为该片的出发点，它还多多少少地从Fragonard的蚀刻画中获取了灵感。每个摆动臂都握着一支钢笔，线条越来越乱后来变成了球。一个孤独的女人躺在床上。门外，毁灭正无情地上演。

该剧背景设定在一个任何事情都能成为你想象中那样成功的世界，内森·菲尔德让人们有机会为自己的生活排练，探讨一个人如何竭尽全力减少日常生活中的不确定性。菲尔德拥有一支建筑团队、一大批演员和以及看似无限的资源，他允许普通人通过精心设计制作模拟“排练”来为自己生活中最重要的时刻做准备。当一个失误可能会破坏你的整个世界时，为什么不让生活充满机遇？

该剧背景设定在一个任何事情都能成为你想象中那样成功的世界，内森·菲尔德让人们有机会为自己的生活排练，探讨一个人如何竭尽全力减少日常生活中的不确定性。菲尔德拥有一支建筑团队、一大批演员和以及看似无限的资源，他允许普通人通过精心设计制作模拟“排练”来为自己生活中最重要的时刻做准备。当一个失误可能会破坏你的整个世界时，为什么不让生活充满机遇？

内森·菲尔德继续“彩排”人们的人生，如果有如果……但往往出乎意料。

Argentina in the late 1980s: Catholic, conservative and shaped by a military dictatorship. “La Delpi”, the sole survivor of a group of transgender women and drag queens, talks about how their shows in basement theatres galvanised the community and helped them in their struggle against AIDS and police violence. How they healed their wounds with lipstick, playback performances and improvised stage outfits. And how they invented happy endings for those who were to die. A farewell letter compiled from VHS memories.

内森·菲尔德持续为人们“彩排”人生，去设想“如果……”的情况，然而结果常常出人意料。

Argentina in the late 1980s: Catholic, conservative and shaped by a military dictatorship. “La Delpi”, the sole survivor of a group of transgender women and drag queens, talks about how their shows in basement theatres galvanised the community and helped them in their struggle against AIDS and police violence. How they healed their wounds with lipstick, playback performances and improvised stage outfits. And how they invented happy endings for those who were to die. A farewell letter compiled from VHS memories.