Country: Italy, USA
Year: 2010
Duration: 42'
A video essay on Federico Fellini’s The Clowns (1970), a movie on circus, one of the central elements of the director’s imaginary.
Biography
film director
Adriano Aprà
Adriano Aprà (Rome, Italy, 1940) founded the quarterly publication “Cinema & Film” in 1966 and of which he was the director until 1970. During that period he also played the main character in Othon (1969) by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub. Between 1971 and 1976 he co-directed Filmstudio 7 in Rome and later become director of the festivals in Salsomagiore (1977-1989) and Pesaro (1990-1998), and finally director of the National Cinematheque in Rome (1998-2002). From 2002 to 2007 he taught cinema in the Tor Vergata University of Rome.
FILMOGRAFIA
Olimpia agli amici (1970), Girato a Roma - Una città al cinema (4 episodi/episodes, doc., tv, 1978), Rossellini visto da Rossellini (mm, doc., 1992), Circo Fellini (mm, doc., 2010), All’ombra del conformista (mm, doc., 2011).
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura/director, screenplay
Adriano Aprà
fotografia/cinematography
Roberto Romei
montaggio/film editing
Mauro Ruvolo
interprete/cast
Olimpia Carlisi (la voce di Fellini/Fellini’s Voice)
produttori/producers
Gianluca Curti, Stefano Curti
produzione/production
Rarovideo Usa
