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In “Nightmare Alley,” adapted from William Lindsay Gresham’s 1946 novel, Stan arrives at the carnival after a bus ride from somewhere, having done something awful to someone. (They fried their last dough in 2004 after 33 years.) “The circus tried to preserve a feeling of grandeur and happiness while carnivals wore a dark side on their sleeve,” del Toro said, noting that he is a collector of carnival memorabilia and asking whether my parents were still on the road. Carnivals have an undercurrent of rebellion - and possibly nausea, depending on whether you ride the Zipper. Carnivals, in contrast, have rides like the Tilt-a-Whirl and games (pop the balloon, win a prize). Circuses are single, controlled shows built around animals, clowns and trapeze artists: You sit and watch. To clear one thing up: Carnivals and circuses are two different things.

ASK THIS OLD HOUSE SEASON 17 SERIES

Others are puzzled, as if discovering for the first time that carnival life is real and not a Hollywood invention - a useful storytelling device for the occasional film (“ Carny,” 1980) or television series (“ Carnivàle,” 2003). (I was dipping corn dogs in the fourth grade, sometimes working alone while our adult employees took breaks.) (Read on.) Some seem horrified, judging my parents for their disregard of child labor laws. Some are fascinated, asking if I ever encountered sideshow performers. People don’t quite know what to say when I mention my carny past. It’s the people in the city who pretend they are judges and philanthropists and industrialists. “The carnies know they’re carnies,” del Toro told me. Lilith Ritter.Įveryone is conning someone, some more treacherously than others. The action eventually moves to the upper echelons of a city, where Cate Blanchett awaits in Art Deco splendor as the bone-chilling psychologist Dr. The carnival cast includes Willem Dafoe as Clem, that rasping sideshow proprietor Rooney Mara as sweet-hearted runaway Molly, who performs as the high-voltage Electrified Girl and Toni Collette as the weary Madam Zeena, a phony fortune teller.

Bradley Cooper plays the insatiable Stan, by turns damaged drifter, aw-shucks country boy, conniving killer, society charlatan, fast-disintegrating alcoholic and primal scream. This is “ Nightmare Alley,” a lavish noir thriller from Guillermo del Toro that arrives exclusively in theaters on Dec.

As the sideshow barker shouts, his voice competing with rollicking carousel music, “Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!” The ride is part of a traveling carnival, seemingly set up in the middle of nowhere, and a storm is coming in the form of Stan Carlisle.Ĭome closer and find out. An old-time Ferris wheel, fully lit, turns against a sinister sky.