Post by vegalyra on May 12, 2018 18:15:45 GMT
One of the most bizarre films I've ever watched. I had the old DVD with the extended version on it with the uncut "X" rated scenes in it. A lot of it is definitely real, and not simulated, especially the stuff with the Penthouse "pets". I believe if you search the web there is (maybe gone now) a site that has a lot of background information on it, including an interview with one of the male Italian extras that definitely partook of some non-simulated action if you catch my drift.
I still don't know how they managed to land Malcolm McDowell and Peter O'Toole for this thing. I still think Caligula the emperor screams for a modern treatment. So much material from the Roman Empire that still not portrayed in film, even inaccurately.
Favorite line: (delivered by Peter O'Toole as Tiberius)
"Rome is a republic and you and I are playing citizens. More confection. That's the best of my stallions. Serve the state, Caligula, although the people in it are wicked beasts."
I still don't know how they managed to land Malcolm McDowell and Peter O'Toole for this thing. I still think Caligula the emperor screams for a modern treatment. So much material from the Roman Empire that still not portrayed in film, even inaccurately.
Favorite line: (delivered by Peter O'Toole as Tiberius)
"Rome is a republic and you and I are playing citizens. More confection. That's the best of my stallions. Serve the state, Caligula, although the people in it are wicked beasts."