Actor(s): Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Salvo Randone, Mario Romagnoli
Director(s): Federico Fellini
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
Language(s): English, Spanish, French, Italian
EAN: 9780792849384
ISBN: 0792849388
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Description
Trippy is as trippy does, even when you're talking about a movie set in ancient Rome. This 1969 Fellini opus was among the most visually arresting entries in a year when the psychedelic experience was trying to claw its way into every movie coming down the pike. But Fellini, in telling a negligible story about two young men tasting the various pleasures of Nero's hedonistic and priapic reign, aimed for images that jarred as well as seduced. He found humor in freakishness, contrasting beauty and ugliness while effortlessly passing judgment on the emptiness of a life devoted to sensation and personal freedom. More of a fever dream than a linear story, Fellini Satyricon crystallized the director's reputation as a visionary--but may have trapped him into spending the rest of his career (with the exception of Amarcord) trying to top himself in reaching new levels of outrageousness. --Marshall Fine
Encolpius is a Roman student who begins by arguing with his friend Ascyltus over the affections of androgynous youth Giton. Ascyltus wins, whereupon Encolpius embarks upon an odyssey, partaking in a drunken orgy and being kidnapped by a bisexual sea captain and his concubine. Encolpius eventually rejoins Ascyltus to visit a suicidal Roman couple, join in a plot to kidnap a "sacred" hermaphrodite, and much more. Loosely based on the book "Satyricon" by Gaius Petronius, the "Arbiter of Elegance" in the court of Nero, Federico Fellini wrote and directed this tongue-in-cheek hymn to the "glories" of pagan times via a bizarre journey through the decadence and debauchery of Nero's Rome.
this is one of my favorites. gives a good adult view of ancient rome. similar to the shows rome , spartacus.
"You'd never guess..."
Written By: Frank Gorshin
Beautiful to look at, but idiotic. The book this movie's based on is hilarious. Fellini totally misses the point, it seems. Read the Arrowsmith translation of Petronius and watch something else.
"Amazing Classic"
Written By: Michael P. Kisselburg
If you are a fan of film, and haven't seen this (most people haven't), then GET IT! I enjoy this much more than 8 1/2. Simply astounding that Fellini was able to have this produced. The scale is ENORMOUS. Only Peter Greenaway gets away with anything this elaborate anymore.
"Bizarre work of genius"
Written By: John R. Graham
There is nothing like Satyricon that I've ever seen (ok, except maybe The Serpent's Egg, which is very shocking and disturbing). Visually orgiastic, pagan, sadistic, earnest, creepy, and disgusting; but also featuring some of the most beautiful actors ever to stand in front of a lens.
To me, this is by far the most interesting and arresting of Fellini's films.
"So far out that it's in"
Written By: William Dakota
I exhibited this film when it was first released. Fellini had always been a favorite director. What creative imagination he had. This has two young good looking men in ancient days, Hiram Keller and Martin Potter. There is a lot of homosexual situations and a real cast of characters. I love this film and it is at the top of my list of favorites. The last DVD transfer was very good. Satyricon will be a film remembered for many years.
"classic hardcore movie"
"You'd never guess..."
