Sunday, October 23, 2011
ONE RING
Today's "film" is the PBS mini-series Circus (2010)
A documentary about the Big Apple Circus.
An inside story thing. Six hours, three discs.
I loved the first two hours. A lot about the people, the grit and failures. The work.
It is quite satisfying to watch this back stage life of a small band of dedicated performers. Some have had nine generations of their family as circus people. A couple are first timers.
Not many people know that the Big Apple puts an entirely new show together each year and that it actually tours before and after showing in the Big Apple, its original home.
I am hovering over a 4 out of Netflix5 but we shall see what happens.
The production quality is first rate. Some wonderful slow motion and very clear bright photography gorgeously edited.
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