{"id":4214,"date":"2023-01-31T10:45:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T09:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museofellini.studiovisuale.it\/i-clowns\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T14:34:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T12:34:57","slug":"i-clowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fellinimuseum.it\/en\/i-clowns\/","title":{"rendered":"I clowns"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Year: 1970
\nFormat: Colour
\nRuntime: 93 min
\nProduction: Rai – Radio Televisione Italiana (Italia) – O.R.T.F. (Francia) – Bavaria Film (R.F.T.) Compagnia Leone cinematografica
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A circus tent is being installed and a child looks on curiously. Clowns remind him of some real-life characters, including an energetic dwarf, \u201cCotechino\u201d, the stationmaster, \u201cMadonna\u201d, who\u2019s continuously quarrels with her colleagues, \u201cGiudizie\u201d, who\u2019s going back to World War I\u2026We then move on to the present day. A television investigation is under way, and Fellini is looking for old clowns and is willing to listening to them telling him their memories. After visiting the \u201cLiana Orfei\u201d circus, Fellini and his crew go to Paris, where they interview Tristan Remy, a writer dealing mainly with clowning history. Fellini helps the writer track old clowns, namely the few survivors of a no longer existing world. The Director shoots their aged and sad faces. He owes them the joy they were capable of giving their audience.<\/p>\n

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Director: Federico Fellini
\nStory: Federico Fellini, Bernardino Zapponi
\nScreenplay: Federico Fellini, Bernardino Zapponi
\nCinematography: Dario Di Palma (Technicolor)
\nCamera operator: Blasco Giurato
\nMusic: Nino Rota
\nMusical director: Carlo Savina
\nCostume design: Danilo Donati
\nFilm editing: Ruggero Mastroianni
\nAssistant editor: Adriana Olasio
\nFirst assistant director: Maurizio Mein
\nSecond assistant director: Liliana Betti
\nScript supervisor: Norma Giacchero
\nMakeup artist: Rino Carboni
\nSpecial effects: Adriano Pischiutta
\nHair Stylist: Paolo Franceschi
\nProduction design: Renzo Gronchi
\nSet decorator: Renzo Gronchi
\nMixage : Alberto Bartolomei
\nProducer: Elio Scardamaglia, Ugo Guerra
\nProduction manager: Lamberto Pippia<\/p>\n

Cast<\/strong><\/p>\n

Liana Orfei : se stessa
\nRinaldo Orfei : se stesso
\nNando Orfei : se stesso
\nFranco Migliorini : se stesso
\nAnita Ekberg : se stessa
\nBilli : clown
\nScotti : clown
\nFanfulla : clown
\nReder : clown
\nValentini : clown
\nMerli : clown
\nRizzo : clown
\nPistoni : clown
\nFuria : clown
\nSbarra : clown
\nCarini : clown
\nTerzo : clown
\nVingelli : clown
\nFumagalli : clown
\nZerbinati : clown
\nI 4 Colombaioni : clowns
\nI Martana : clowns
\nMaggio : clown
\nJanigro : clown
\nMaunsell : clown
\nPeverello : clown
\nSorrentino : clown
\nValdemaro : clown
\nBevilacqua : clown
\nMaya Morin : la troupe
\nLina Alberti : membro della troupe
\nAlvaro Vitali : membro della troupe
\nGasparino : membro della troupe
\nAlex : clown francese
\nBario : clown francese
\nP\u00e8re Loriot : clown francese
\nLudo : clown francese
\nCharlie Rivel : clown francese
\nMaiss : clown francese
\nNino : clown francese
\nPierre Etaix : se stesso
\nVictor Fratellini : se stesso
\nAnnie Fratellini : se stessa
\nBaptiste R\u00e9my : se stesso
\nTristani R\u00e9my : se stesso
\nPipo : se stesso
\nRhum : se stesso
\nBuglioni : se stesso
\nHugue : se stesso<\/p>\n

Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n

1971
\nSilver ribbon for Best Costume Design<\/p>\n

Peculiarites<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I say: \u2018the clown\u2019, I mean the August. There are in fact two figures: White and August clowns. The White clown personifies elegance, grace, harmony, intelligence, brightness – all traits that are described as ideal and unique traits. The White clown thus becomes the Mother, the Father, the Master, the Artist, the Handsome one – to sum up – \u2018what has to be done\u2019. Consequently the August clown, who would be under the spell of these perfect traits, rebels. He sees shining \u2018sequins\u2019 on costumes, but their snootiness makes them unattainable. The August clown is the child who soils himself; he\u2019s the one who gets drunk, rolls on the ground and continuously raises objections. This is the fight between reason and instinct, reason and the freedom of instinct.\u201d The White clown and the August clown are the Primary School Teacher and the Child, the Mother and the Little Rogue. We may even say they are the Angel with a blazing sword and the Sinner.\u201d
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“There is a bit of everything in these Clowns: Anita Ekberg\u2019s feline appearances circus Orfei\u2019s cages, and the whole of Fellini\u2019s talent. The main elements of Fellini\u2019s creativeness are all there, his sweet and nasty traits, his modesty, his affection, his credulity and skepticism”.
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