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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404967434
Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1404967435
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: November 02, 2004
Running Time: 286 minutes
Sales Rank: 23854
Studio: Sony Pictures
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Description:
The 2003 winner of the Emmy® for Outstanding Nonfiction Program (Alternative), this 13-episode television series offers an intimate look into the dreams, trials and aspirations of a core group of performers involved in the creation and launch of Varekai™, the live production from Cirque du Soleil.
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This addictive, Emmy Award-winning series has all the human turmoil of reality television, but the subjects have actual talent--it's a 13-part documentary about the young acrobats of Cirque du Soleil, watching them struggle with the physical rigors and emotional demands of creating a new show (the acclaimed Varekai). Fire Within focuses on eight performers, among them Gareth, a temperamental Brit whose sculpted physique features multiple tattoos; Stella, a young African American trapeze artist who's a bit of a diva; Oleg, a 35-year-old Russian circus professional trying to shift his talents to dance; Olga, a Cirque veteran as a contortionist, being given a starring role in this new show. Skillfully edited, Fire Within follows the performers along the stressful path from auditions to opening. The show gains surprisingly intimate access into their lives, capturing the strength and vulnerability of people whose bodies are their art--and not everyone rises to the challenges they face. The process of making a show like Varekai isn't always pretty or gentle; if an act isn't working--such as when Gareth and his acrobatic partner Ashley have trouble finding their balance for a piece called the Icarian Games--the act will simply be cut, and the performer fired. Fire Within is a remarkable warts-and-all document of frustration and ingenuity. After each episode, you'll eagerly jump to the next one to learn what happens next. --Bret Fetzer
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Rating: -
This TV program is about internal affairs, about a "kitchen" of a world-famous Cirque du Soleil, about hard work and nice bodies from around a globe spectaculars pay for seeing in actions, about a passion and professionalism heavily underlying a hour-and-half performing of which actors' any move targets a perfect-ness although everybody knows that nothing is absolute.
Rating:  -
Many of the comments already made regarding certain dramatic elements not making sense are right on point, particularly the lead singer for the show. I won't give away an details but you're left scratching your head with elements that unfold that just don't make sense. I also believe that in an effort to play up the drama, they actually led me to have less respect for them by giving me the impression they were unprepared for the premiere of the show. Whether they were as unprepared as it was made ... Read More
Rating:  -
I loved Fire Within when it was on TV. I am a huge fan of Cirque and loved that we were able to look into what goes into making a show. I am usually more interested in back story after I've seen the show, but this was such a great introduction to Varekai that I knew that show was going to be terrific. While some people complain that there is a lack of character development for a large part of the cast, I feel that these people weren't trying to play characters, they were themselves through and through ... Read More
Rating: -
As a huge Cirque Du Soleil fan, I was thrilled to see the Bravo documentary series on DVD since I had missed it when it aired. I watched the entire series in a matter of two days--I was hooked immediately as it is such a long and cut-throat, yet fascinating process.
My negative criticism is that I feel like the show could have been developed so much more. We only meet a fraction of the people involved in Varekai; I would love to have spent some time getting to know the clowns (in my opinion, ... Read More
Rating: -
I can imagine much hand-wringing on the part of Cirque faithful who read this. I love seeing Cirque perform -- have seen 2 different live shows and 2-3 others on DVD myself -- and think they're superb. However it has to be said that while very interesting and entertaining at times, this series is also frustratingly inconsistent in many ways, and in the end one cannot help but wonder how tough the competition was the year it won its Emmy, with these problems.
But first, yes, it is interesting and ... Read More
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