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Fellini Satyricon

1969

Federico Fellini

Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Salvo Randone ...

6.6

2,979

Drama. Fantasy In first century Rome, two student friends, Encolpio and Ascilto, argue about ownership of the boy Gitone, divide their belongings and split up. The boy, allowed to choose who he goes with, chooses Ascilto. Only a sudden earthquake saves Encolpio from suicide. We follow Encolpio through a series of adventures, where he is eventually reunited with Ascilto, and which culminates in them helping a man kidnap a hermaphrodite demi-god from a ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"An incredible fresco-like vision of Rome's social structure 2,000 years ago"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"Sprawling and conspicuously undisciplined, this is less an adaptation of Petronius than a free-form fantasia on his themes"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"A film that deals in visual excess like no other, showing a world of amorality, cruelty, self-loathing and passion (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"A shallow, hypocritical film, without a glimmer of genuine creativity."	NEG

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