Review of Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (1968) by Diego D — 26 Oct 2010
Made by collage and alternating between archive footage and shot fragments, it's an allegory about the Kluge's struggle for the New German Cinema movement, and the state of art in the present capitalist society, where everything is a product to sell out.
Perhaps too ambitious and cryptic, it didn't pass well the test of time... Wim Wender's Der stand der dinge (1982) , is some kind of a remake, but you can notice some influence even in Der Himmel uber Berlin.
What remains today is the surreal atmosphere, and good ambitions / message.
Golden Lion at the 33° Venice Film Festival (1968).
This review of Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (1968) was written by Diego D on 26 Oct 2010.
Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed has generally received positive reviews.
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