{"id":84,"date":"2006-03-26T12:59:15","date_gmt":"2006-03-26T19:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=84"},"modified":"2023-02-03T10:55:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T17:55:23","slug":"clowns-the-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=84","title":{"rendered":"Clowns, The (1970)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;The clowns didn&#8217;t make me laugh. No, they frightened me.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Clowns-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Clowns-Poster-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-26246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Clowns-Poster-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Clowns-Poster-88x128.jpg 88w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Clowns-Poster.jpg 345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nRenowned filmmaker Federico Fellini pays tribute to the European clowns of his childhood in this pseudo-documentary.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anita Ekberg Films<\/li>\n<li>Clowns<\/li>\n<li>Documentary<\/li>\n<li>Fellini Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nFellini&#8217;s &#8220;comical yet elegiac tribute&#8221; to European clowns is clear evidence of the &#8220;profound effect&#8221; they had on his work. As Peary notes, it&#8217;s remarkably easy to see &#8220;the parallels between clowns&#8230; and the absurd characters (midgets, drunks, the handicapped)&#8221; peopling all of Fellini&#8217;s films. There are many touching and\/or enjoyable scenes in the movie (which originally aired on television); my favorite is the opening circus act, which manages to convey the pure slapstick enjoyment audiences at the time must have felt. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Clowns-Opening.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Clowns-Opening-1024x585.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"366\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Clowns-Opening-1024x585.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Clowns-Opening-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Clowns-Opening-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Clowns-Opening-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Clowns-Opening-1536x878.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Clowns-Opening-473x270.png 473w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Clowns-Opening.png 1787w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ironically, Peary notes that as a boy, &#8220;Fellini didn&#8217;t like clowns because they reminded him of sad aspects of reality&#8221;; here, we see how radically his appreciation changed over the years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Many memorable sequences<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Clowns-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Clowns-Still-1024x578.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Clowns-Still-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Clowns-Still-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Clowns-Still-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Clowns-Still-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Clowns-Still-1536x866.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Clowns-Still-479x270.png 479w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Clowns-Still.png 1803w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Nino Rota&#8217;s score<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it will certainly be of interest to Fellini fans.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0066922\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1971\/06\/15\/archives\/screen-fellinis-affectionate-memoir-unfoldsthe-clowns-recollects.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The clowns didn&#8217;t make me laugh. No, they frightened me.&#8221; Synopsis: Renowned filmmaker Federico Fellini pays tribute to the European clowns of his childhood in this pseudo-documentary. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Anita Ekberg Films Clowns Documentary Fellini Films Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Fellini&#8217;s &#8220;comical yet elegiac tribute&#8221; to European clowns is clear evidence of the &#8220;profound effect&#8221; they had on his work. As Peary notes, it&#8217;s remarkably easy to see &#8220;the parallels between clowns&#8230; and the absurd characters (midgets,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=84\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89712,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions\/89712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}