The Clowns is part drama, part fantasy, part pseudo-documentary and all about the spirit of Federico Fellini.? Even only having received bits along the way, I am aware of Fellini of clowns, circuses, fondness of it and the absurd.? The Clowns is its way to explore this a corner of his mind and why clowns and circus had a such great grip on the people in the 20th century.? It is a phenomenon which has seen its greatest heights in the 20th century, after all, the art of the clown is less admired that it was once.
As The Clowns is a film about clowns, it is Fellini.? His obsession of clowns dates back to his childhood, and we see this reflected in the first scene of the film, in which a young boy wakes in the middle of the night to find a tent of circus rige to his front door.? When the boy is first of all between the tent, it is confronted with confusing frenzied acts of clowns, their faces painted in white and Brown, and is not gladdened, but he is frightened, their appearance.? In film, he switches back and forth between the story told in clown acts, Cirque du Soleil and the story of a documentary directed by Fellini on clowns, which is all staged.
The documentary in history shows Fellini and crew skeleton visiting various major circuses of Europe and various retired clowns and friends to find out what makes them who they were.? This part of the film is rather propulsive, and its character clearly scripted, several parts of it feel very natural.? The impromptu performance of an old clown on his guitar is very charming and leaves the two participants in the film, and gave attracted such we, as viewers, gestures to this man who apparently has not lost his touch.? Can say that this is a project of passion for Fellini, his heart is in it and it feels very personal.
Learn the portions of the film, are strangely, some of the harsher parts to pass through.? There is very little narrative push through the film, however, we do some minor emotional bonds with the clowns.? Without dialogue, the film does not flow as beautifully as it should.? Fellini seems to be tempting to recreate the feeling of being in the tent of circus with the action, but it translates very well, and several of these sequences is feeling a little indulgent.? Shot-to-shot editing is very fast at the pace, but the scenes continue for a long time (necessarily) to watch the build actions and the climax.? The only one with which I truly love is the final act, which was longer than all the others, but full of kinetic energy and madness in a manner which were not other acts.? The last twenty minutes of the film are really engaging and exciting.
Overall, the film is difficult to analyze.? Documentary segments are very interesting, but inviting the more if it has a rudimentary understanding of clowns and learn history; While segments of fantasy suffer from their own indulgence.? The combination of the two is a very interesting film, but not necessarily in a terribly entertaining the first time around.? Actually, I went back and watched most of it a second time after searching the excellent extras and it is much more engaging.? If you want to see Clowns, Raro video disc is the way to go.
The disk:
Presentation of the video the Clowns Raro is really to see.? The video is relatively strong and bright.? The image is stable throughout.? This mistaken for one of these super expensive restorations anytime soon, but I cannot imagine after this good on video before.? The Clowns was produced and filmed for television, suggesting Fellini a disadvantage regarding the time, he managed to put in the film, but I think that he feels more spontaneous and reflect the documentary segments.? The audio is presented in its original mono and fairly decent sounds.? The Clowns was not shot with audio synchronization and it's obvious, but yet again, it seems fairly accurate to the Director.
This package is really excels in the Department of extras.? First up is Adriano Apra Fellini Circus fantastic visual essay.? Look at this test is all the difference when I went back and watched the film a second time.? APRA explains some very basic concepts that Fellini assumes that the reader understands and these explanations have greatly contributed to my gratitude for what has been done with the film.? It also explains the genesis of the Clowns, Fellini inspirations and goes through many of the thoughts of Fellini on clowns, clowns, circus, and other issues related to this film.? I know a lot of people think extras as just that, extra, but it's a case where the bonus material is every bit as good as the functionality.
Along these lines, Raro included a packaged beautiful fifty-page booklet from the gills of the information.? Included are pieces of original script of Fellini, some of his own drawings for the film, excerpts from his book, The Clowns, released as a companion to the film and other really fun blocked.? Packaging is nothing to sneeze at, either, with a single disk digipak in a box set with booklet, it looks and feels like has taken care to prepare this version.? The outer case like so very distinctive.? Good work all around.? Rounding of the debut United States Raro is a short Fellini called UN Agenzia matrimonial, shot in black and white in 1953.? An interesting short, but nothing spectacular.
I'm not sure that The Clowns is the first film of Fellini that I should have looked at, but with the presentation of the film Raro and additional essential package, I feel better for it.? Definitely recommended for those who bother spending a bit of energy and matter grey in pursuit of entertainment.
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