CLOWNWISE (Viktor Taus 2013)

Clownwise is a film from the Czech Republic.  It is the story of three friends who thirty years earlier had performed as a trio of clowns.  The three men, Oskar, Viktor and Max, split over a disagreement and had spent the years pursuing their clowning in their own way. This is a wonderful, playful, theatrical film with lots of nice touches and attention to detail. I especially enjoyed the stage performances and the dancers.

This film developed the characters nicely and brought the trio full circle from being friends to disagreement, through the process of aging,and wives, and families and all of the traumas life holds, and finally back together again. It was nice to see how each man had continued over the years to incorporate clowning into their lives and their careers.

The music was exceptional, the cinematography was very creative, nice editing, great color correction, all support this movie as a successful production.  Clowning is a dying art and not so well regarded as it once was.  It was a great subject for a film. It was especially nice to meet Viktor Taus and congratulate him on his accomplishment.