Yes, already over a hundred years ago people very pretty elastic already it seems. The director here is Segundo de Chomón, one of the most influential silent filmmakers, maybe number 2 behind Méliès. Basically we watch a group of Japanese artists/athletes perform for 3 minutes. On the Youtube version I watched there is some Asian music played at the same time which makes this even more fun to watch. Of course, originally its is a silent film. The highlight here are certainly the colors, not only the ones of the people but also for example the flowers in the top corners. It all had an aura of lotus blossom to it. I guess it was not as common back in the early 20th century to go to the circus, so thumbs up for the filmmaker bringing the show to the masses with the help of this new medium film. Then again, it was not completely new in 1907, but still fairly new. For de Chomòn it's one of his more known films and he made this one basically in the middle of his career. He was really prolific between 1902 and 1913 and made over 200 films in that period. The key to enjoying this one here is to keep in mind when it was made. If it had been done today, I would probably only give it 4 stars max, but taking the year into consideration I will be a bit more generous.
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