I clowns

I clowns
Directed by Federico Fellini
Produced by Elio Scardamaglia
Written by Story and Screenplay:
Federico Fellini
Bernardino Zapponi
Starring Federico Fellini
Music by Nino Rota
Edited by Ruggero Mastroianni
Release date
 December 25, 1970
Running time
 92 min.
Language Italian

I clowns (also known as The Clowns) is a 1970 film by Federico Fellini about the human fascination with clowns and circuses.[1]

Production

The film was made for the Italian TV station RAI with 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 a docufiction: part reality, part fantasy. The Clowns was incorrectly referred as the first mockumentary in film history.[4] In fact, A Hard Day's Night (1964) appears to be the first one. Nonetheless, being documentary and fiction in one, The Clowns distinguishes 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 would explore this "fictional" documentary genre in 1972's Fellini's Roma and in 1987's Intervista, both of which have unreliable depictions of Fellini himself making the film we're watching.

Cast

Main

Cameo/Uncredited

References

  1. ↑ I Clowns review by Philip French at The Guardian, October 26, 2014
  2. ↑ Baxter, J.: Fellini, page 260. St. Martins Press, 1993.
  3. ↑ Baxter, J.: Fellini, page 270. St. Martins Press, 1993.
  4. ↑ I clowns: Fellini’s Mockumentary - article at The Artifice


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