I clowns [videorecording] / la RAI-Radiotelevisione Italiana presenta ; una coproduzione RAI-Radiotelevisione Italiana, O.R.T.F., Bavaria Film, Compagnia Leone Cinematografica ; Federico Fellini ; sceneggiatura, Federico Fellini & Bernardino Zapponi ; prodotto da Elio Scardamaglia e Ugo Guerra.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Rarovideo,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (47 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
Agenzia matrimoniale. Marriage agency. Fellini's circus.
Notes:
Riccardo Billi, Anita Ekberg, Tino Scotti, Pierre Etaix, Anne and Victor Fratellini, Federico Fellini, Geraldine Chaplin. Originally produced for television in 1970. DVD release date: Feb. 22, 2011. Container erroneously lists French as a language option. Special features includes the 16-minute Fellini short film, Un agenzia matrimoniale = Marriage agency (taken from the 1953 anthology film L'amore in città), and the visual essay, Fellini's circus by film historian Adriano Aprà. Accompanying book (47 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.) edited by Adriano Aprà entitled: A journey into the shadow : reflections and original drawings on the making of The clowns by Federico Fellini.
Summary:
Fellini's fascination with the circus and the surreal come to a head in one of his final masterpieces, The Clowns. The film reflects Fellini's childhood obsession with clowns and begins with a young boy watching a circus set up from his bedroom window. Though comical and referred to as a 'docu-comedy', this film explores deeper human conditions such as authority, poverty, humility and arrogance.
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