The Show of Shows: 100 Years of Vaudeville, Circuses and Carnivals (2015)
- Directed by
- Benedikt Erlingsson
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Iceland, United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary assembles old footage of vaudeville acts, circus performances, and carnival shows from a British archive. It strings together clips of performers and audiences to show what these entertainments looked like. A new score by Sigur Rós members and Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson plays over the images.
nostalgichistoricaleclecticwhimsicalobservantmusicalarchivalatmospheric
What happens
The Show of Shows is a montage documentary film about vaudeville, circuses, and carnivals which was assembled from footage from the National Fairground Archive. It has an original soundtrack by members of Sigur Rós and the composer Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, and was commissioned by BBC Storyville and BBC North. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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