A circus on the verge of bankruptcy decides to save itself by staging a animal act with lions and tigers for the first time..
Is it worth your time? If you get a kick out of old-school, slightly dusty circus dramas, you’ll dig The Big Cage. It’s got that weird, frantic energy you only find in movies from the early thirties. If you’re the type of person who needs a tight, logical plot or hates animal wrangling, you’re probably going to be chec...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Kurt Neumann
Harley Knoles
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"Is it worth your time? If you get a kick out of old-school, slightly dusty circus dramas, you’ll dig The Big Cage. It’s got that weird, frantic energy you only find in movies from the early thirties. If you’re the type of person who needs a tight, logical plot or hates animal wrangling, you’re probably going to be checking your watch every five minutes. Honestly, the whole thing feels like a fever dream held together by circus sawdust and nerves. You can practically smell the wet hay and the st..."
Wilfred Lucas
Clarence Marks, Edward Anthony, Clyde Beatty, Ferdinand Reyher
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