Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed
Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed

Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (1968)

16 (XWG) | West Germany | German | 104 min
Directed by: Alexander Kluge
6.4

"Neues Kino movie" about life in the circus dome narrated in Brechtian spirit; deceptively illusionist grip is broken violently by aloofness, sweeping subjective tracking shots interrupted by a flat snapshot of an old stick, calm color sequence stops up a moving black and white scene and interviewed people in close-up becomes suddenly silent. Kluge has also taken a different motto from Brecht to heart, namely, that the artist's task is to maintain: despite its ambiguity "Circus performers" in a somewhat simplified format, could have been a film for children.

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Release Date

Italy
(Venice Film Festival, premiere)
1968-09
USA
(New York Film Festival)
1968-09-26
West Germany
No data
1968-10-29
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Also Known As (A.K.A.)

Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed
(Original title)
Os Artistas sob a Cúpula do Circo
Brazil
Les artistes sous les chapiteaux: perplexes
France
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Parent Guide

Sex & Nudity
Unrated
Violence & Gore
Unrated
Profanity
Unrated
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
Unrated
Frightening & Intense Scenes
Unrated