Nureyev tells the epic story of the dancer's extraordinary life and tumultuous times
"He was Mick Jagger before Mick Jagger." He moved with a feral grace, with a heat that blazes through the grain of the film that remains, with a virtuosity that never disguises"but rather illuminates"the sheer risk of dance, the insolence of a human daring to flout the laws of gravity, time, and space to attain a momentary immortality. He lived with furious energy, inspiring multitudes, c…