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MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti commentator Sergei...
first saw a circus show with his parents at the age of seven. That left a lasting impression, especially the clowns. His later dream of filming them came true in 1970 with the documentary The Clowns, for which he and his crew roamed circuses in Paris, Rome and Munich, interviewed their stars, and re-created memorable performances. That was not the only occasion on which he dealt with the circus. The cranky clown or the clownish crank is a constant presence in Fellini"s films.A Jack-of-all trades under Mussolini - newspaper columnist, cartoonist, insurance salesman, typesetter, shop window designer, and gagman for the radio and the cabaret - Fellini came to the film world after the Allied liberation of Italy. Together with Sergio Amidei and Roberto Rossellini, he scripted Rome, Open City, the glorious harbinger of Neo-Realism, which won the Golden Palm at Cannes.
His baroque mind clashed with Neo-Realism, which demanded the utmost verisimilitude, preferred
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