The official music video for U2's is a cinematic, black-and-white short film directed by Meiert Avis and shot in Ostia , a neighborhood in Rome, Italy, in April 1989 . Narrative and Plot

: The story centers on a man with dwarfism, played by Paolo Risi , who is deeply in love with a beautiful trapeze artist, played by Paola Rinaldi .

Written by , the video tells a tragic story set within a wintering circus on a beach:

: It pays tribute to Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini —who was filming nearby at the time—and to Tod Browning's 1932 film Freaks .

: Risi's character discovers that the aerialist is involved with another man, the circus strongman.

: The video was created for the final single from the album Rattle and Hum and is featured on U2's The Best of 1980–1990 compilation. Song Background

: The members of U2 make only brief cameo appearances, seen walking along the beach in Ostia.

: Shot entirely in black-and-white, the video was designed to resemble a silent movie .
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