AKA Caligola."Hail Caesar."
The life and times of the Roman emperor Caligula (Malcolm McDowell), showning his rise to power, subsequent decent into madness and the bizarre lifestyle he cultivated, before the political elite decide they've had enough and depose him. All in gloriously violent and perverse detail.
A film that everyone wants to disown but that wont go away. Mainly due to the a list actors involved (including John Gielgud and Peter O'Toole) and the story surrounding its creation, and how Guccione decided to spice it up a little by adding his own creative touches to the orgy scenes. Don't listen to most who say offhand that this is appalling, there is a good film in here, it just needs you to find it. It is overlong, and badly shot in places, but despite itself it has something about it.
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