There is terrific music from Khachaturian, an interesting story, some suspense, etc. An excellent cast includes McDowell (an ideal choice for Caligula - or any devious lunatic, for that matter) and Mirren (at the height of her enormous sex-appeal). After having seen the full two-and-a-half hour version: a) I can certainly see why THEY would choose to view it that way b) I totally disagree The fact that "Caligula" was financed by Penthouse (gasp!) and directed by Tinto Brass (oh no!) is what this is all about. This movie has been unanimously dismissed as exploitative trash and of no cinematic value by "notable" movie critics. semantic pseudo-intellectual movie-critic-jargon mumbo-jumbo. Read this NSFW list with someone you love.Let's not kid ourselves here, all ye art students, film-school nerds, and other self-loathing "cinema l'arte" snobs: had this exact same movie been released under the banner "directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini" you would have loved it - sorry: CLAIMED to have loved it - and praised it to high heaven, espousing its virtues in long essays, justifying its extreme sex and violence through some b.s. But the 3o films here all share one thing in common: They all come as close to being pornographic as mainstream films will allow. Some have been imported in as prestige foreign films, and others have been produced and distributed by Hollywood studios.
They are designed to play in multiplexes and art houses. These films are cast with A-list movie stars and directed by world-class filmmakers. Rather, it’s the latest in a long line of films that have pushed the envelope in terms of what can be shown in “mainstream” films and not be considered the sort of movie that requires you to give your credit card to a Web site in order to watch. (LeBeouf even sent in a homemade pornographic videotape for his audition.)ĭespite the abundance of explicit sex on display, however, Von Trier’s film is not pornography. Though some stunt, er, parts were employed, you are basically watching actors like Charlotte Gainsbourg and Shia LeBeouf engage in the sort of unsimulated activities you associate with porn stars. 2 doesn’t arrive until April 4th, though you’ll be able to catch both chapters on video-on-demand starting on March 20th.) Never one to shy from provocation - he’s more likely to sprint towards it - the Danish director’s chronicle of one woman’s sexual awakening is littered with spankings, fellatio, a ménage à trois or two, sodomy, masturbation and good old-fashioned humping. Arriving on a wave of high anticipation, hype and bag-headed public appearances, the first “volume” of Lars Von Trier’s two-part, five-hour magnum opus Nymphomaniac will start rolling into theaters on March 21st.
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