The French short film 24 heures de la vie d'un clown (1946) was shown in the U.S. with the translated title 24 Hours in the Life of a Clown. The movie was written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville.
The title tells the story--Beby was a real-life clown at the Circus Medrano. His partner was Louis Maïss . We see them perform and leave the circus. Beby goes home, eats dinner with his wife, and goes to sleep.
The next day he and Maïss sit at a sidewalk cafe and look for funny events they can use that night. They witness a funny event, and, that night, they work it into their act. Then they go home.
Don't expect high drama or special effects from this movie. It's shown in black-and-white, and has a 1930's Chaplinesque look to it. It's important because it was Rohmer's first movie.
The film was included as a special edition feature in the Criterion Edition of Melville's Le Silence de la Mer.
The movie has a grim IMDb rating of 6.4. I thought it was better than that and rated it 7.
The title tells the story--Beby was a real-life clown at the Circus Medrano. His partner was Louis Maïss . We see them perform and leave the circus. Beby goes home, eats dinner with his wife, and goes to sleep.
The next day he and Maïss sit at a sidewalk cafe and look for funny events they can use that night. They witness a funny event, and, that night, they work it into their act. Then they go home.
Don't expect high drama or special effects from this movie. It's shown in black-and-white, and has a 1930's Chaplinesque look to it. It's important because it was Rohmer's first movie.
The film was included as a special edition feature in the Criterion Edition of Melville's Le Silence de la Mer.
The movie has a grim IMDb rating of 6.4. I thought it was better than that and rated it 7.