Fellini Satyricon (1969)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:17
Rotten:5
Average Rating:7/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 11 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: In SATYRICON, Italian New Wave director Federico Fellini depicts the hedonistic, amoral, pre-Christian world of ancient Rome. Using the unfinished classical writings of Petronius as his guide,... [More]
Starring: Martin Potter, Max Born, Hiram Keller, Capucine
Director: Federico Fellini
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Reviews for Fellini Satyricon
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True, the various strands are never bound together, but with material this sumptuous it really doesn't matter. Full Review |
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Federico Fellini presents an incredible fresco-like vision of Rome's social structure 2,000 years ago in which survival and pleasure were man's sole motivating forces. Full Review |
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A shallow, hypocritical film, without a glimmer of genuine creativity. Full Review |
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The odd thing is that the excess seems visual and mythical rather than really sexual. Full Review |
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Fellini's characteristic delirium is in fact anchored in a precise, psychological schema: under the matrix of bisexuality, he explores the complexes of castration, impotence, paranoia and libidinal release. Full Review |
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Those who don't weaken and bolt for the door experience a one-of-a-kind visual adventure they are unlikely to forget. Full Review |
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Fellini received a well deserved Oscar nomination for this bizarre, wildly flamboyant but plotless spectacle, inspired by the firt century author Petronius, flaunting glorious production values. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Hedonistic buffet
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It is a surreal epic that, I confidently believe, will outlive all its interpretations. Full Review |
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Visually stunning and sensationalistic. Full Review |
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It is so much more ambitious and audacious than most of what we see today that simply as a reckless gesture, it shames these timid times. Films like this are a reminder of how machine-made and limited recent product has become. Full Review |
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Felliini's ancient Roman tale with a modern message is as cynical and bleak as its images are startling and original. Full Review |
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