I clowns
| I clowns | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Federico Fellini |
| Written by | Story and Screenplay: Federico Fellini Bernardino Zapponi |
| Produced by | Elio Scardamaglia |
| Starring | Federico Fellini |
| Cinematography | Dario Di Palma |
| Edited by | Ruggero Mastroianni |
| Music by | Nino Rota |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Language | Italian |
I clowns(also known asThe Clowns) is a 1970mockumentaryfilm byFederico Felliniabout the human fascination withclownsandcircuses.[1]
Plot summary[edit]
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Cast[edit]
Main[edit]
- Riccardo Billias himself – Italian Clown (credited as Billi)
- Federico Fellinias himself
- Gigi Rederas himself – Italian Clown (credited as Reder)
- Tino Scottias himself – Italian Clown (credited as Scotti)
- Valentini as himself – Italian Clown
- Fanfullaas himself – Italian Clown
- Merlias himself – Italian Clown
- Carlo Rizzoas himself – Italian Clown (credited as Rizzo)
- Colombaioni as Themselves – Italian Clowns (credited as I 4 Colombaioni)
- Pistoni as himself – Italian Clown
- Martana as Themselves – Italian Clowns (credited as I Martana)
- Giacomo Furiaas himself – Italian Clown (credited as Furia)
- Alvaro Vitalias himself (The Troupe)
- Dante Maggioas himself – Italian Clown (credited as Maggio)
- Galliano Sbarra as himself – Italian Clown (credited as Sbarra)
- Peppino Janigro as himself – Italian Clown (credited as Janigro)
- Carini as himself – Italian Clown
- Maunsell as himself – Italian Clown
- Nino Terzoas himself – Italian Clown (credited as Terzo)
- Osiride Pevarello as Clown (Credited as Peverello)
- Nino Vingellias himself – Italian Clown (credited as Vingelli)
- Alberto Sorrentinoas himself – Italian Clown (credited as Sorrentino)
- Fumagalli as himself – Italian Clown
- Valdemaro as himself – Italian Clown
- Luigi Zerbinati as himself – Italian Clown (credited as Zerbinati)
- Ettore Bevilacqua as himself – Italian Clown (credited as Bevilacqua)
- Maya Morin as Maya (La troupe)
- Anna Lina Alberti as herself – Alvaro's mother (La troupe) (credited as Lina Alberti)
- Gasparin as Gasparino (La troupe)
- Alex as himself – French Clown
- Georges Loriotas himself – French Clown (credited as Père Loriot)
- Maïs as himself – French Clown
- Bario as himself – French Clown
- Ludo as himself – French Clown
- Nino as himself – French Clown
- Charlie Rivelas himself
- Pierre Étaixas himself
- Annie Fratellinias herself
- Victor Fratellini as himself
- Jean-Baptiste Thiérréeas himself (credited as Baptiste)
- Tristan Remy as himself
- Liana Orfeias herself
- Rinaldo Orfei as himself
- Nando Orfei as himself
- Franco Migliorini as himself – Animal Tamer
- Anita Ekbergas herself
Cameo/Uncredited[edit]
- Maria Grazia Buccellaas herself
- Aristide Caporale as Railwayman
- Victoria Chaplinas herself
- Liliana Chiari as herself
- Dante Cleri as Fascist
- Shirley Corrigan as Audience member
- Feverello as himself – Italian Clown
- Gustavo Fratellini as himself – Italian Clown
- Adelina Poerio as Dwarf nun
Production[edit]
The film was made for the Italian TV stationRAIwith an agreement that it would be released simultaneously as a cinema feature.[2]RAI and co-producer Leone Film compromised on its release, with RAI broadcasting it on Christmas Day, 1970, and Leone Film releasing it theatrically in Italy the following day, December 26, 1970.[3]
It is adocufiction:part reality, part fantasy. The film has sometimes been referred to as one of the firstmockumentariesin film history (Woody Allen'sTake the Money and Runhaving been released in just the previous year).[4]Beingdocumentaryandfictionin one,The Clownsdistinguishes itself by being a mockumentary with unique characteristics, not the least of which is reflecting Fellini's own increasing fascination with how documentary films reflect "reality". Fellini had already explored this semi-fictional documentary genre in 1969'sFellini: A Director's Notebookand would further do so in 1987'sIntervista,both of which contain unreliable depictions of Fellini himself making the film within the film narrative.
Reception[edit]
The film has a 100% approval rating onRotten Tomatoes,based on 18 reviews with an average rating of 6.9/10.[5]Film CriticRoger Ebertgave the film three stars out of four.[6]
References[edit]
- ^I Clowns reviewbyPhilip FrenchatThe Guardian,October 26, 2014
- ^Baxter, J.:Fellini,page 260. St. Martins Press, 1993.
- ^Baxter, J.:Fellini,page 270. St. Martins Press, 1993.
- ^I clowns: Fellini's Mockumentary- article atThe Artifice
- ^"I Clowns (The Clowns) (1970)".Rotten Tomatoes.Fandango Media.Retrieved11 July2018.
- ^"The Clowns".rogerebert.com.7 July 1971.
