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06/24/06
Fellini Satyricon (1969)
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Reviews Counted: 19 Fresh: 15 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 7.2/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 11 mins
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, Fellini invents a dreamlike culture full of strange, distant characters and odd, grotesque... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Martin Potter, Max Born, Hiram Keller, Capucine, Gordon Mitchell
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The odd thing is that the excess seems visual and mythical rather than really sexual.
08/29/06
Top Critic
Those who don't weaken and bolt for the door experience a one-of-a-kind visual adventure they are unlikely to forget.
07/21/05
It is a surreal epic that, I confidently believe, will outlive all its interpretations.
05/20/03
Top Critic
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.
08/01/01
Top Critic
Felliini's ancient Roman tale with a modern message is as cynical and bleak as its images are startling and original.
05/23/01
The film is either a celebration of depravity or a warning against Godlessness, though no one knows which and Fellini doesn't bother to make the distinction himself.
03/22/01
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