Review of Satyricon (1969) by Theo M — 01 Mar 2011
Four stars for the colorful spectacle, none for the storyline. Maybe the plot would have been clearer with a narrating voice-over, but I fear Fellini wanted the story as fragmentary and bizarre as it turned out.
The movie seems to be a two hours comment on the extremes of 'la condition humaine', from laughter and delight to fornication, sodomy, aggression, mutilation, murder and cannibalism. I must say, the kidnapping of the albino hermaphrodite demigod was one of the more surprising scenes.
I recognized one folktale halfway the movie: the Widow of Ephesus. While mourning over the body of her late husband, she starts making love with a soldier guarding a gallows. After people have stolen the corps on the gallows, the widow decides they have to hang up her late husband in his place.
This review of Satyricon (1969) was written by Theo M on 01 Mar 2011.
Satyricon has generally received positive reviews.
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