![]() ![]() This would be a truly groundbreaking picture, a heavy breathing Aubrey Beardsley illustration, combining high-art, high-drama and Penthouse Pets placing their ankles behind their ears.It all went terribly wrong. Beyond the violence and the sex is a well written, acted, and photographed film.I have spoken! ĭroog-of-the-moment Malcolm McDowell in the title role. To shock you you can't believe you're seeing what you're seeing. Aren't all pornos supposed to be filmed in the director's back yard?And that right there is the point of the film. They look like they belong in a run-of-the-mill Hollywood produced film. A lot of people say the colors are "dark" and "washed out", but I think that lends to the grittiness of the film.Danilo Donati's sets are big and well designed, it kind of shocks you to see someone getting a blow job in them. There are original, evocative pieces written for the film by Paul Clemente, no doubt a talented composer.While some of the photography is stilted in this film, for the most part it's gorgeous. The acting in general is all very good.The use of music is also to be noted. And Peter O'Toole's Tiberius Caesar, whose diseased face is rotting away, is truly an oddity to behold.put he pulls it off well. Is convincing as Drusilla, Caligula's sister.
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