Episode number 2 of Series “The Art of silence: pantomimes with Marcel Marceau and his partner Pierre Verry”.
Marcel Marceau introduces the art of mime through the character of Bip. “Bip at a society party” portrays many amusing characters encountered at a party. “Bip hunts butterflies” is a tragic comic mime in which Bip discovers how fragile life can be. “The Cage” is an allegorical pantomime of a person struggling to escape from confinement.
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ACMI Identifier
509645
Language
English
Subject categories
Experimental
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Parties
Music & Performing Arts → Mime
Silent films
Sound/audio
Silent
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)