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  • Federico Fellini – I Clowns (1971)

    Arthouse1971-1980Federico FelliniItalyTV

    A ragout of real memories and mockumentary, as Fellini explores a childhood obsession: circus clowns.

    Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid wrote:
    The arc of Federico Fellini’s career is endlessly fascinating. He started as something of a neo-realist, and then his films grew in style and scope until they became bizarre, swirl-colored, phantasmagoric spectacles. Then at one point, he stepped back again and began making more intimate, personal projects in the last section of his career. Made for television, The Clowns seems to have been a crucial turning point; it came immediately after the overblown Satyricon, and it shows an interesting mix of that film, and the film that would come just a few years later, the wonderful Amarcord. It fits perfectly.Read More »

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