"No one will ever see it because I'm embarrassed at the poor work. It was all bad and it was bad because I lost the magic," Jerry Lewis said, expressing regret over The Day the Clown Cried, highlighting his disappointment with the film's execution and the impact it had on his career.
"We didn't even think the movie existed," Martin Scorsese recounts. This underscores the film's obscurity and the widespread belief that it might have been a myth.
Friedler and Lurie incorporate original unreleased footage into their documentary, revealing the haunting story of a clown in Auschwitz, a narrative Lewis initially intended as a masterpiece.
Harry Shearer mentioned, "I got access to it because someone had a video copy of the first montage" which speaks to the film's underground status and limited accessibility prior to the documentary.
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