The early step off at 2:40 lives rent free in my head 10 years later

Rifle catch on the downbeat at 5:55 is insane.

Man, 2014 was such a great year for DCI

1:04 Rare instance of a quick trumpet part with staccatos and accents being played in unison very well. It is SO close to sounding like just one Trumpet, which is something you hear percussionists striving for, making 10 snares sound like one. But Trumpets have never been this clean in any dci show I’ve seen.

ngl after watching this all the way through for the first time, i like it and enjoyed it. it feels like it does have emotion to it, especially in the closer. this is a great show and definitely deserved to win that year over tilt. also the closer ties everything up perfectly, and it’s so satisfying. it does feel like a movie

The closest to perfection you’ll ever see a DCI production reach.

This show is crazy from a design perspective and a technical perspective. I noticed a lot of people not understanding the design of this show, theres a really cool documentary that the Blue Devils put out explaining some of the design ideas of the show, and its honestly really cool. Tilt is one of my favorite shows ever and i still think this show deserved to win and is completely brilliant both technically and design wise. Drum corps is art and everyone likes their art differently, so i understand why people dont really like this show but ive seen people getting into full blown arguments over this show and its honestly pretty sad. Just let people like and dislike what they do :)

0:10 Mystical music transports us to a movie set, or a faraway countryside in Italy with a traveling circus in town. Is it real? Or a dream? 0:21 Holds his hands like a DP framing the picture 0:22 Backstage costume area 0:39 Hat has camera aperture like a movie camera 0:39 Theme from La Strada about the circus 1:00 Cast in their underwear, chaotic film set 1:05 Ridiculous introduction goes on, and on and on, what kind of a production is this?! 1:43 Still the introduction, like a circus intro building suspense, an impossibly grand setup that can never pay off, and can only crumble into disappointment. 1:48 The doom strikes. The grim reality of life, the deadly peril of the circus, the harsh realities of performers on the road, scraping for food, risking injury and even death. 1:53 flags with celluloid film printed on them. 2:09 Reels of film on the bass drums 2:32 Front man slates the action, just like a film 3:05 Reel to reel film drill set, a piece is being edited in. The film is being assembled as we watch. 3:57 A suicidal circus clown. No one will help him. Not the church, not the polizia, not the circus owner. Mysterious angel with a black umbrella (possibly Cabiria from Nights of Cabiria, a whore) saves him. 4:07 He limps toward the edge of the abyss, but the ground keeps extending in front of him, saving him from jumping off the edge, to his death. 4:35 Dancers support their romantic partners, who are almost limp, like puppets. 5:19 He gets to the edge ready to jump, and she saves him. 5:21 Wait, a sudden change of expression. Was this all a circus act? Or a real suicide? 5:43 Circus jugglers, dancing girls 6:01 Horns on tightropes, a circus act, a reference to BD’s show Constantly Risking Absurdity where they walked a tightrope 7:33 Audience applauds as if at a circus 7:55 Slate again 8:27 Women seduce, taking you away from your directing job 9:17 Three ring circus 9:40 Script reading around a table. 9:50 Now the men perform for the women, seated, equal opportunity sexual harassment 10:20 The circus leaves town, a company front going in the wrong direction-- a grand, beautiful mistake leading nowhere 10:40 Claudia Cardinale, the actress, Fellini’s leading lady, mysterious, beautiful , an illusion 10:49 Reel to reel film again 11:44 the cast of characters assembles to honor Fellini, who never shows up, he forgot his pants 11:46 Claudia Cardinale is welcomed, as if at a premiere 11:50 Strips of film are flags 11:56 Claudia’s famous white scarf, miles long, an illusion 12:15 In Humanism, to which Fellini subscribed, there's a belief is that God is an unknown entity, and may not exist at all. Instead, value the clowns and experiences in your life. It’s all we have. 12:15 Fellini’s chair is empty. There is no god to save us. We only have pantless actors, clowns, dancing women and frauds in our lives to add meaning. 12:29 In the background, a stagehand on a ladder holds a white scarf, same as Claudia Cardinale's, same as the white strips of film, but making a DP's camera frame out of the white scarf- a bent and broken frame, a warped window view of Fellini's skewed, flawed, beautiful world.

I don't enjoy this show but the execution is near damn perfect. Incredible. No wonder it's the best DCI Show of all time

those rifle throws at 5:53 were awesome!!

GOAT dci performance

The toy box entrance is brilliant though

I believe this show is called "Fellini" but they should have mention the music composer too Nino Rota. Exceptional show. Very well synchronized and the music is jaw-dropping.

This is a good show! Great job Clark!

3:55 this ballad is so simple yet so warm and beautiful all at the same time. Def my fav ballad of all time

Wow thank you so much for this.

That. Was. Breathtaking!

I understand why they won. The trumpets are soooooooopooo cold

my current high school director at 7:53 far right contra ❤

7:30 The exquisite euphonium vibrato. Breathtaking.

my favorite closer of all time

When I really look back at this show, it reminds me a lot of their 2022 and 23 shows. Like the style of it, i guess. Mainly part 1

Still the highest score in DCI history btw

12:29 A symbol with layered meaning rests in the background. Notice in the backfield, on the ladder, a stage hand holds a long white scarf, much like Claudia Cardinale's scarf in the foreground, and much like the long strips of white celluloid film scattered in the background, except this scarf is held in the shape of a camera frame, slightly warped and bent, Fellini's skewed vision of a beautiful, broken world. The fabric represents three things-- her scarf, a strip of film, and a skewed DP's frame, all three. Breathtaking design.

The most greatest score all of time in DCI

lmao that rifle throw at 5:55

11:05 is the best part

4:16 goosebumps every time 💯

Man, there really is some talented people in DCI.

New video? No way

Best of the best

10 YEARS?!?!?!?????

very high quality cake recipe

idk man between babylon and this its really hard to try and have a greatest show of all time

What song is the hit from at 11:20?

It rivals Santa Clara 1989 and Cadets 1990 and Phantom Regiment 2008

1:15 The part that BD 2017 called back in Metamorph

wait ddi they just play while jazz running??????? 2:51

FELIX

they're not doing it like this anymore 😥

cinema

Not sure if this show would've gotten this score back in '05. 99.65

I never noticed this before but a guard member drops a rifle at 5:47

Highest score EVER in DCI compitition, a 99.65!!!

11:19

No way bd 2023 should beat this score

how did you get 1080p60fps?

6:25

That's the highest scoring DCI show ever? I'll say it's very very clean musically. Extrememly clean. I've seen cleaner visuals but they are really good. Not my cup of tea at all though. I think it's funny they they decided to have the color guard get their tits part way through.

To many props.

0:00:33

Yea the execution is perfect, but I hate how this show won because it didn’t have the impact. If you watch the bluecoats show that got second, the entire crowd is SCREAMING for the last minute of the show. This show: nothing. Lol

I feel like this was extremely clean and had better visual performance then tilt, but I still think tilt should have won. There is no outstanding parts to felliniesque like tilt did. The only reason blue devils win almost every year is because the CLEAN SO MUCH. Tilt is more interesting and more on the edge of your seat type of performance.

i get how you could say this is one of the best shows from a technical aspect, like all the playing is very in tune and insanely clean but if i'm being honest nothing about it interests me. no parts of it really stand out and make you feel anything, i will never understand how this beat out tilt or how blue devils win almost every single year

Absolutely fantastic brass. Color guard could do better. 😊. The toxic environment of color guards....

It's weird how I can look at this and say it's a great, well-made show, but it doesn't have that "engaging" factor. Like I come back to this once every couple of years when I'm bored, but I put on Tilt several times a week to feel the adrenaline rush.

Ok swear im not a hater....but im 3 min in and i've found 4 dressing errors, 3 flags out of sync and a few intonation issues....99.650? '02 Cavs were faaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrr better....like...what?

People are entitled to have their own opinion and hold such ideas such as this show being the best show of all time, however I have never understood why people like this show so much I just can’t get behind it

Watching in 2022 and Tilt is still better.

It was good show, a great show even. But I'm gonna need some of all on here to stop. If you want the most yechivally difficult ans perfectly executed drill, re The Cavaliers 2000 with Niagara Falls. If you want the show with the greatest sheer ambition, re The Cavaliers 2002. If you want the best music, re Phantom Regiment 2008. No shade to them, but i just dont see it personally, but then again, i ain't nobody.