But in the interim, an heir apparent has emerged in the shape of Makoto Shinkai, whose breathtaking body-swap romance Your Name has dominated the Japanese box office for months.
Ms. Maar is breathtaking, her body home to a riotous but firmly governed variety of styles and impulses.
During my hiatus away from The Greatest Show On Earth®, adjusting to a life sans the majesty and wonder of soaring bodies, breathtaking feats and brilliant animals was analogous to awakening from a most extraordinary dream to the mundane gravity of the world outside of the big top.
This early set piece, a breathtaking blur of energetic body slams and artfully deployed office supplies, is much too cartoonish to be repellent.
Those breathtaking feats of the human body have already become white noise.
I continue to be blown away by the sheer ambition of Imogen's vision, and her score's breathtaking combination of voices (and body parts) that fits the film – without ever overpowering it – beautifully.
The way those torsos bend, hugely, while they're doing lower-body movement is breathtaking.
With its breathtaking 30-metre cantilevered wings, cockpit body and sleek wrap-around windows, Fiat Tagliero suits its surreal surroundings high above the clouds.
Give Up flew into a gun battle of balletic vogue moves, with the body of dancer Benjamin Milan shot down in mid air – one particularly breathtaking moment.
