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Magali Noël

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Donyale Luna

Elisa Mainardi

Marcella Di Falco

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Joseph Wheeler

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Giuseppe Sanvitale

Danika La Loggia

Alain Cuny

Richard Simmons

Eugenio Mastropietro

Maria Mascarielli

Dalia Zagni

Ottaviano Dell'Acqua

Genius

Catharina Dahlin

René Fiorentini

Nadia Balabine

Alvaro Vitali

Mara Carisi

Francesco Di Giacomo

Romalı Perihan

Federico Fellini

Petronius

Alberto Grimaldi

Bernardino Zapponi

Tod Dockstader

Ilhan Mimaroglu

Nino Rota

Giuseppe Rotunno

Andrew Rudin

Ruggero Mastroianni

Enzo Provenzale

Lamberto Pippia

Joseph Nathanson

Danilo Donati

Luciano Vito

Brunello Rondi

Luigi Scaccianoce

Giuseppe Maccari

Liliana Betti

Norma Giacchero

Adriana Olasio

Lia Consalvo

Maurizio Mein

Rino Carboni

Roberto Cocco

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If you ever saw or read “Quo Vadis” then you will be familiar with the character of Gaius Petronius. He was one of the emperor Nero’s closest advisors and the credited author of this fantastic story of mythological excess. In this suitably outrageous Neroic drama, two close friends - “Ascito” (Hiram Keller) and “Encolpio” (Martin Potter) get into a strop about their ownership of their toy-boy “Gitone” (Max Born). Unable to reconcile, they determine to go their separate ways. The young lad chooses to go with the former man and so distraught, the latter considers suicide - but luckily an earthquake intervenes. The aftermath of the chaos sees the men separated and now we follow some of their escapades as they lurch from one debauched scenario to another equally sexually charged environment, with loads of erotic dancing, debauchery and hedonism. In due course, the three are reunited and embark on a wheeze to borrow a demigod from a sacred temple. Now that’s not a good move as he’s only a “demi” so promptly dies and that earns poor old Encolpio the enmity of the gods. Given the context of the whole film, his punishment is especially cruel but with his friend beside him, he hopes that perhaps they can travel to a far away land where there might be a glimmer that things could look up again! Some of the adventures do resemble more familiar fables. Theseus and the Minotaur, for example, but for the most part this is Fellini at his most enjoyably self-indulgent showing beautiful people (and some less so, too) luxuriating in just about every vice known to mankind. That said, there isn’t a surfeit of nudity, violence nor actual depravity on display here. Much of that is teasingly left to our own imagination as it’s tawdry seaminess really doesn’t go anywhere fast. As it progresses, it illustrates quite effectively just what it took to become the stuff of myth and legend in cultures where prowess was measured with little regard to intellect or decency. It’s essentially a romp through Roman history but as well as jealousy and lust it does show us signs of the value of love and loyalty, so there is a tiny element of redemption on offer - but look not for values here, just enjoy the colourful artistry of men (mostly) in the throes of gratuitous dissoluteness.

Fellini Satyricon (1969) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Mary Ellen Mark Remembers Fellini

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John Landis on FELLINI SATYRICON

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Martin Potter

Hiram Keller

Max Born

Salvo Randone

Mario Romagnoli

Magali Noël

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Gordon Mitchell

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