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Bullfight

1955NR9m6.1

Clarke parallels the sense of spectacle and the real violence of an actual bullfight with a dance interpretation of the emotional experience, using a distillation of the ritual gestures in the Spanish bull ring. In her intense...

Clarke parallels the sense of spectacle and the real violence of an actual bullfight with a dance interpretation of the emotional experience, using a distillation of the ritual gestures in the Spanish bull ring. In her intense interpretation, Sokolow embodies both matador and bull, both executioner and the sacrifice.

Info about Bullfight

Studio(s): Halcyon Films

Originally Released: Jan 01, 1955

Production Country: United States

Genres:Short, Documentary