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Clowning is a form of entertainment that has appeared in some manner in virtually every culture. In most cultures, the clown is a ritual character associated with festival or rites of passage and is often very different from the most popular western form. In Europe, up until as late as the 19th century the clown was a typical everyday character, and often appeared in carnivals. The performance is symbolic of liminality�being outside the rules of regular society the clown is able to subvert the normal order
The best circus for me is "Cirque du Soleil"
I clowns (The Clowns) 1970I think I see a pattern here, which began to rear its ugly head in La Dolce Vita, where Fellini makes his film intermittently unbearable so that we can embrace the entertaining elements even more strongly when they finally appear. There are elements that are potentially engaging, like the Little Nemo stylized sequence at the beginning of the film. Somehow, the director manages to make this extremely grating on my nerves. Very different from the pathos evoked by the second part of the film when the utterly charmless documentary film crew (with the director played by none other than Fellini himself) tracks down a dying breed of splendid clowns in order to interview them. Hey, enough with the dichotomy already.
A Thousand Clowns (1965)It's truly a shame that this film has escaped the attention of the last few generations of movie watchers�not only have most people not seen this film, it's likely that only a small percentage of folks have ever even heard of it. I dare say that both the character Jason Robards portrays and this film as a whole are more relevant today than half of the comedies produced five or 10 years ago.
This movie is based on the old James Garner
television series of the
same name.
Back than, Mr. Garner
played a very quirky
and funny character
named Brett Maverick.
The modern version of
this film with Mel Gibson
in the title role carried
off the same sense of fun
beautifully. Not only did
he do the character
created by James Garner
credit, but they even gave
Garner a co-starring role
in this film.
The movie �Rounders�
is credited by many with
doing for poker what
�Dirty Dancing� did for
dance, but without all the prancing around. This
1998 release featured
Matt Damon, Edward
Norton and a spotlight-
stealing performance
by John Malkovitch.
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