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Fellini Satyricon, or simply Satyricon, is a 1969 Italian epic adventure surrealist historical film written and directed by Federico Fellini and loosely based on Petronius's work Satyricon, written during the reign of Emperor Nero and set in Imperial Rome.
- $1.4 million (US/ Canada rentals), $8 million (outside Italy)
- Alberto Grimaldi
- US$3 million
A loose adaptation of Petronius's Roman satire, Fellini Satyricon is a surreal and grotesque film about two young men's sexual and spiritual adventures in ancient Rome. The Criterion Collection offers a new 4K restoration, commentary, interviews, and more special features.
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Episodic and strange, Satyricon offers a hedonistic tour through an ancient Rome that exists not in history books, but from Federico Fellini's singular imagination.
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- Federico Fellini
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- Martin Potter
Jul 27, 2001 · A film adaptation of a Roman satire that celebrates and mocks sexual decadence in ancient and modern times. Fellini uses grotesque visuals, mythical characters and fragmented storytelling to create a masterpiece of excess and audacity.
Dec 16, 2021 · 406. 72K views 2 years ago. ...more. Fellini Satyricon, or simply Satyricon, is a 1969 Italian fantasy drama film written and directed by Federico Fellini and loosely based on Petronius's...
- 130 min
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- Orpheus Anatolian
Federico Fellini describes his "Fellini Satyricon" as a science-fiction film, but one in which we journey to the past rather than to the future. Directors are notoriously unreliable as sources of opinions about their own movies, but in this case I think Fellini is dead right.
