I've enjoyed all the films we've watched in class so far in one way, shape, or form, but I've noticed a similar trend in all of them. They're just a bit too long for my attention span. Maybe its because I'm tired. I'm not sure. But for the last 10 minutes of the movie I feel very fidgety.
I think this was especially true for Circus due to the drawn out propaganda at the end of the film. However, as in Chapaev, the movie was interesting and fun for the entire rest of the movie. Only the endings were sketchy.
The ending of Circus kind of reminded me of the book The Jungle. It's amazing and you're really caught up with the characters... and then BAM... propaganda, propaganda, oh yea and a little more propaganda.
Otherwise the film was the best we've watched so far and I really enjoyed it.
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The end is one of my favorite parts! Not that it isn't absolutely over the top--but I really do love the song. In fact, Russians loved it so much that it very nearly became the Soviet national anthem. But they balked because it would have seemed a bit strange and out of place to have acquired such an important hymn from...a musical comedy called "Circus"!
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