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Eureka! confirm details of the October dual format release of Fellini's 'I clowns'

22 August 2014

Eureka! Entertainment have announced the October dual format release of I clowns [The Clowns], the first ever UK Blu-ray release of Fellini's masterpiece which has been out of circulation for years. The film has long been regarded by Fellini enthusiasts and cinephiles as one of the director's greatest films.

One of the Fellini films which has been out of circulation for many years, I clowns [The Clowns] has long been revered by Fellini enthusiasts for the several decades since its release as among the Maestro's finest works — a thrilling spectacle, once seen for the first time, — and a picture which after multiple viewings easily takes its place alongside such classics as La strada, Le notti di Cabiria, La dolce vita, Satyricon, Amarcord... but in a register all its own.

I clowns plays out in dazzling colour and in episodic cascade, just as in all of Fellini's late-60s-and-beyond films. As the circus rolls into town, and the big-tent gets erected, the clowns execute their acts with feverish can-you-believe-it bravado. It's all true — and yet not a "documentary" per se; rather, something in-between a dramatic-comedic portrayal of gags-at-play and the memoria of all that makes the spark for childhood inspiration to ignite into creative virtuosity... and/or into something like Federico Fellini.

A great and under acknowledged treasure of the cinema, I clowns takes its place alongside such films as Bergman's Carnies' Twilight, Ophuls's Lola Montès, Étaix's Yoyo, Jerry Lewis's The Day the Clown Cried, and Tati's Parade as one of the grand portraits of the clowning circus, of a bygone era of the wandering entertainer.

I clowns will be released on UK dual format on 20th October 2014 by Eureka! Entertainment as part of the Masters of Cinema series at the RRP of £19.99.

Featuring a new high-definition 1080p presentation of feature on the Blu-ray, and in a progressive encode on the DVD, plus new and improved English subtitles, the disc will have the following extras:

  • Fellini's Circus — an essay-film about the picture by the great Italian critic and scholar Adriano Aprà

  • A 36-page booklet featuring new writing about the film, rare archival imagery, and more!