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I clowns / The Clowns (1970) [Re-UP]

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I clowns / The Clowns (1970) [Re-UP]

I clowns (1970)
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC 4:3 | 01:32:04 | 7,42 Gb
Audio: Italian AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English
Genre: Comedy, Documentary

Director: Federico Fellini
Stars: Riccardo Billi, Federico Fellini, Gigi Reder

Fellini exposes his great attraction for the clowns and the world of the circus first recalling a childhood experience when the circus arrives nearby his home. Then he joins his crew and travel from Italy to Paris chasing the last greatest European clowns still live in these countries. He also meets Anita Ekberg trying to buy a panther in a circus.



I clowns / The Clowns (1970) [Re-UP]

The Clowns is part drama, part fantasy, part pseudo-documentary, and all about the mind of Federico Fellini. Even only having gathered bits along the way, I am aware of Fellini's penchant for clowns, circuses, grotesqueries, and the absurd. The Clowns is his way of exploring this one corner of his mind and why clowns and the circus had such a great hold on people in the 20th century. This is a phenomenon which saw its greatest heights in the 20th century, after all, the art of clowning is less admired now than it once was.

I clowns / The Clowns (1970) [Re-UP]

As much as The Clowns is a film about clowns, it is about Fellini. His obsession with clowns goes back to his childhood, and we see this reflected in the first scene of the film, in which a young boy awakens in the middle of the night to find a circus tent being erected at his front door. When the boy first enters the big top, he is confronted by the maddeningly frantic actions of the clowns, their faces painted white and brown, and he is not gladdened, but frightened, at their appearance. As the film progresses, it switches back and forth between the story, told in clown acts, of this circus, and the story of a documentary being made by Fellini about clowns, which is all staged.

I clowns / The Clowns (1970) [Re-UP]

The documentary within the story shows Fellini and a skeleton crew visiting various major circuses of Europe as well as various retired clowns and their kin to find out what made them who they were. This portion of the film is rather propulsive, and despite its obviously scripted nature, many parts of it feel very natural. The impromptu performance of an old clown on his guitar is very charming and leaves both the participants in the film, and we, as viewers, endeared to this man who seemingly hasn't lost his touch. One can tell that this is a passion project for Fellini, his heart is in it, and it feels very personal.

I clowns / The Clowns (1970) [Re-UP]

The clowning portions of the film, strangely, are some of the tougher parts to get through. There is very little narrative push through the film, however, we do make some minor emotional connections with the clowns. Without dialogue, the film does not flow as nicely as it should. Fellini appears to be attempting to recreate the feeling of being in the circus tent with the action, but it just doesn't translate very well, and several of these sequences feel a bit indulgent. The shot-to-shot editing is very fast paced, but the scenes go on for a (necessarily) long time in order to watch the acts build and climax. The only one with which I was truly enamored was the final act, which was longer than all of the others, but full of kinetic energy and madness in a way that the other acts weren't. The final twenty minutes of the film are truly engaging and exciting.

I clowns / The Clowns (1970) [Re-UP]

On the whole, the film is a tough one to parse. The documentary segments are very interesting, but more inviting if one has a rudimentary understanding of clowns and clowning history; while the fantasy segments suffer from their own indulgence. The combination of the two makes this a very interesting film, but not necessarily a terribly entertaining one the first time around. I actually went back and watched most of it a second time after sifting through the excellent extras and found it much more engaging. If you want to see The Clowns, Raro Video's disc is the way to go.
I clowns / The Clowns (1970) [Re-UP]

Special Features:
- "Un Agenzia Matrimoniale" (Marriage Agency) 1953 short by Federico Fellini (16:36)
- "Fellini's Circus" visual essay by Adriano Apra (42:20)

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