THEME EXPLORATION

Circus performer

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Oko wykol
Oko wykol
1960 · Jerzy Skolimowski
Inki at the Circus
Inki at the Circus
1947 · Chuck Jones
Werckmeister Harmonies
Werckmeister Harmonies
2000 · Béla Tarr
The Entertainer
The Entertainer
1960 · Tony Richardson
The Greatest Showman
The Greatest Showman
2017 · Michael Gracey
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012 · and Conrad Vernon & Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath
36 vues du Pic Saint Loup
36 vues du Pic Saint Loup
2009 · Jacques Rivette
Darling Lili
Darling Lili
1970 · Blake Edwards
El
El
1953 · Luis Buñuel
Five Men in the Circus
Five Men in the Circus
1935 · Mikio Naruse
I clowns
I clowns
1970 · Federico Fellini
Puruliar Chhau
Puruliar Chhau
1970 · Ritwik Ghatak
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Federico Fellini Italy

His masterpiece 'La Strada' and 'Circus-themed narratives' deeply explore the pathos and poetry of circus performers' lives with surrealist visual language.

 Charlie Chaplin United Kingdom

Blended vaudeville and circus aesthetics throughout his career, most directly in 'The Circus' where he portrayed a tramp performer navigating circus life with tragicomic brilliance.