the interviews are really boring

It starts off great with an Amarcord-like portrait of a circus' arrive to a small town but all of a sudden Fellini inexplicably turns the film into a faux-documentary about the end of the Clown Era. Who the fuck cares. The interviews are extremely tedious, even if there are something interesting being said Fellini just makes the whole scene asa annoying as possible. The clown scenes are still entertaining and the score is great but comeon Fellini stop fooling around.

Fellini has always had a "circus" flavor to his work, so here, naturally, he makes a movie featuring a circus. The circus is as boring as hell. Being Fellini, he makes lengthy detours to other places and other characters, which are all also as boring as hell, and pointless besides. Oh, mercy, what a grim reminder of why I detest most Fellini films, as this wraps up in one little package all the worst things about them: crass, dull Nino Rota music, pointless, not pretty, not funny...

An idiosyncratic documentary about circus clowns. Fellini has fashioned an homage that is sincere, entertaining, and personal. Contains some truly poignant sequences.

Opening scene and the final monologue are fantastic. Perfect way to start and end.