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The idea of modern America
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Nightmare Alley

The idea of modern America that tries to reconcilethe pastoral origins of the country with...

The idea of modern America that tries to reconcile
the pastoral origins of the country with urban and modern living

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The idea of modern America
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that tries to reconcile the pastoral origins of the country
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with urban and modern living.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
73
Timestamp in Movie
00:01:06
Uploaded
May 11, 2025
Genres
crime, drama, thriller
Production
Searchlight Pictures,Double Dare You

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Movie Summary

A grifter working his way up from low-ranking carnival worker to lauded psychic medium matches wits with a psychiatrist bent on exposing him.
The research on this was very much twofold, - Nightmare Alley 00:05
The research on this was very much twofold,
There's the carnival of the late 1930s, - Nightmare Alley 00:12
There's the carnival of the late 1930s,
Tamara had so many sets that looked real - Nightmare Alley 00:08
Tamara had so many sets that looked real
The carnival was built outside of Toronto at a fairground. - Nightmare Alley 00:06
The carnival was built outside of Toronto at a fairground.
You'd go there, and when you'd shoot at night, it was so beautiful. - Nightmare Alley 00:05
You'd go there, and when you'd shoot at night, it ...
With the extras and period costumes, you know, it was fantastic. - Nightmare Alley 00:04
With the extras and period costumes, you know, it was fantas...
One of the decisions was, let's build a carnival on location. - Nightmare Alley 00:05
One of the decisions was, let's build a carnival on loc...
So we can be affected by the wetness, by the wind. - Nightmare Alley 00:05
So we can be affected by the wetness, by the wind.
When you are inside a tent, and you're outside - Nightmare Alley 00:07
When you are inside a tent, and you're outside
If you build it on stage, it becomes like a cartoon. - Nightmare Alley 00:04
If you build it on stage, it becomes like a cartoon.
We rigged the earth underneath the carnival - Nightmare Alley 00:13
We rigged the earth underneath the carnival
We always kept it muddy, uh, with hay, with texture. - Nightmare Alley 00:06
We always kept it muddy, uh, with hay, with texture.
All right, folks. Last stop. End of the line. - Nightmare Alley 00:09
All right, folks. Last stop. End of the line.
Fantastic designer Andy Tsang, who's basically done - Nightmare Alley 00:06
Fantastic designer Andy Tsang, who's basically done
The banners, to me, tell the story very much so in terms of the colors. - Nightmare Alley 00:05
The banners, to me, tell the story very much so in terms of ...
You have really beautiful pale blues, - Nightmare Alley 00:08
You have really beautiful pale blues,
It's one area that we just used all the colors - Nightmare Alley 00:05
It's one area that we just used all the colors
Like, we just kind of exploded with color, - Nightmare Alley 00:09
Like, we just kind of exploded with color,
The fun house... Actually, what we wanted - Nightmare Alley 00:09
The fun house... Actually, what we wanted
So, hell and sin and salvation were that dynamic. - Nightmare Alley 00:07
So, hell and sin and salvation were that dynamic.