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Grakelin

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Caligula: The Movie
« on: April 03, 2012, 08:04:51 pm »

Man, what a great film.

Too bad everything I see reminds me of vaginas and torture now, though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula_%28film%29
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Re: Caligula: The Movie
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2012, 08:39:14 pm »

for a change?
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Re: Caligula: The Movie
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2012, 09:30:23 pm »

Apparently, they had 7 pregnant women on set so that they could quickly film the Helen Mirren birthing scene as soon as one of them went into labour.
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Re: Caligula: The Movie
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2012, 09:37:57 pm »

A woman usually spends several hours in labour before they actually give birth, did they really have to stick around on set for that?

I have actually seen Caligula (at least about the first half of it) with a couple of friends. I thought it was hilarious.
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Re: Caligula: The Movie
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2012, 07:00:57 am »

He's got a few screws loose. I like this guy.

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Re: Caligula: The Movie
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2012, 06:33:14 pm »

He loses his kooky appeal in the scene where he graphically rapes a couple, unfortunately. :(
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Re: Caligula: The Movie
« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2012, 06:41:56 pm »

The way I hear it the movie was written by Gore Vidal to be ROME-esque, as the scene above illustrates. But halfway through they decided to turn it into a porn flick :(
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Re: Caligula: The Movie
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2012, 07:21:04 pm »

This is A Thing?
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Re: Caligula: The Movie
« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2012, 09:24:30 pm »

The way I hear it the movie was written by Gore Vidal to be ROME-esque, as the scene above illustrates. But halfway through they decided to turn it into a porn flick :(

You can definitely see where this could have been a simple movie about a hedonistic, power-hungry maniac. Bob Guccione (the owner of Penthouse) snuck into the studios afterwards and filmed hardcore sex scenes, then masterfully spliced them into the film so it looks like they're supposed to be there.

There's a lot of nice little historical facts in here, but there are times when you think "Wow, Gore, you missed a chance for a dramatic scene". It likely would not have been memorable if it wasn't so visually disturbing.
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