16mm color film, 29 minutes, 1979
SYNOPSIS
The arduous lifestyle of a travelling tent circus often contradicts the romantic notion of "running away with a circus." This film documents the daily routines of the small, family-owned Franzen Bros. Circus which performs in a new town each day. While focusing on those aspects of the circus which are not generally accessible to the circus audience, Cotton Candy and Elephant Stuff captures the magic and the banality of circus life.
REVIEWS
"...one of the best circus films ever..."
Educational Film Library Assocation Evaluations
"...the film is nice to watch... it's colorful and sometimes exciting and even a bit glamorous...but it's also gritty, realistic, and funny at times..."
Marin Independent-Journal
FULL-TEXT REVIEWS
EFLA Evaluations
Landers Film Reviews
Marin Independent-Journal (Ed Bernstein)
SCREENINGS AND AWARDS
Blue Ribbon, American Film Festival, New York
CINE Eagle, Washington, D.C.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Student Film Award
Merit Award, Athens International Film Festival, Ohio
First Prize, Marin County Film Festival
Third Prize, FOCUS Competition, Los Angeles
Judges' Choice, San Francisco Art Institute Film Festival
Los Angeles Filmex
Baltimore International Film Festival
Atlanta International Film Festival
Margaret Mead Film Festival, New York
Arden House Public Television Seminar
Conference on Visual Anthropology, Philadelphia
Midwest Film Conference, Chicago
International tour of Academy Award-winning student films
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced and Edited by Jan Krawitz.
Directed by Jan Krawitz and Thomas Ott.
Cinematography by Thomas Ott.
DISTRIBUTOR
For home video purchase, send a check or money order for $22.95 (plus $4.00 postage/handling) payable to Jan Krawitz to:
Jan Krawitz
Department of Communication, Bldg. l20
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-2050
phone: (650) 723-0704
fax: (650) 725-2472
email: krawitz@stanford.edu
For VHS institutional purchase by universities, libraries, and colleges, please inquire.