Sujets :
Cirque au cinéma
Histoire du cinéma
Horreur - Cinéma
Films - Critiques et interprétations

Dépouillement du document :

(Re)Producing the Circus: Defining Circus Cinema / P.A. Wilder
The “Universal Soul” of the American Circus at ¬Mid-Century / David Blanke
Spectrality and Spectatorship: Heterotopic Doubling in Cinematic Circuses / Whitney S. May
The Normal Abnormal: The Case of Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant / Lisann Anders
Horror Movies, Horror Bodies: Blurring the Freak Body in Cinema / Jessica L. Williams
The Spectacle of Sensation in British Film: Circus of Horrors, Berserk! and Vampire Circus / Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns
After the Glitter Fades: Analyzing Ingmar Bergman’s Cinematic Representation of Circus Life/ Kylo-Patrick R. Hart
Dumbo and the Circus of Childhood / Michael Charlton
Problematic Participants and Circus Ethics: The Human/Nonhuman Concurrence of Jacob and Rosie in Water for Elephants (Rachel L. Carazo
Under the (Bi)g Top / Ayal C. Prouser
Liminal Spaces and Identity in MirrorMask / Teresa -Cutler-Broyles

Résumé :
Circuses and film are a natural pairing, and the new essays making up this volume begin the exploration of how these two forms of entertainment have often worked together to create a spectacle of onscreen alchemy. The films discussed herein are an eclectic group, ranging from early silent comedies to animated, 21st century examples, in which circuses serve as liminal or carnivalesque spaces wherein characters—and by extension audience members—can confront issues as far-reaching as labor relations, sensuality, identity, ethics, and more.
The circus as discussed in these essays encompasses the big top, the midway, the sideshow and the freak show; it becomes backdrop, character, catalyst and setting; and it is welcoming, malicious or terrifying. Circus performers are family, friends, foe or all of the above. And film is the medium that brings it all together. This volume starts the conversation about how circuses and film can combine to form productive, exciting spaces where almost anything can happen.

Collection : Bibliothèque de l'École nationale de cirque

Localisation : Bibliothèque

Cote : 791.456 570 1 C9891b 2020

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