Fellini Satyricon - Minotaur Scene

[xCubiyo]

Immortals the Drag remake of Fellini´s Satyricon

[xCubiyo]

Look at the Drag Immortals is... just remembering the clip of the minotaur against Theseus, well... cheers!

[torokun]

Fellini

[tinaturntable]

Goodbye Sober Day!

[proteoid]

@tinaturntable I had no idea that Mr Bungle had taken inspiration from this film until I saw your comment ! Patton and Mr Bungle are crazy (and amazing of course)

[bmelin]

I can see why he'd be happy to have a friendship with that hot young lad

[79dharv]

Mmmm....George Eastman (aka Luigi Montefiori). He's also great in "Ben & Charlie," "Emmanuelle's Revenge," "Absurd," and his Pupi Avati movies.

[Pieceofshota]

minotaur hunk gets the twink. ;)

[rumpwrestler]

"I'll make love to you if you spare me"....NOW THAT is the scene I want to see.

[OzWatcher]

@rumpwrestler Well, strictly speaking, it's "I'll love you, if you'll spare me...", but the intended connotation is pretty obvious. Encolpius is blatantly bisexual in this film, after all.

And let's face it, Luigi Montefioiri is hot as hell in this scene, I'd make the same offer myself in this situation! ;)

[pastcineo]

what happens after this? is the next scene on youtube?

[OzWatcher]

@pastcineo From memory, Encolpius is offered the chance to have sex with a beautiful woman as part of the culture's festival, but has been cursed with impotence and is unable to "perform". He gets advice from a local hedonist that there is a swamp witch nearby who can cure him, and so he sets out with his friend to find her.

It... doesn't end well.

[pastcineo]

@OzWatcher oh! thanks! i have to watch it!!!

[MarcusCMarcellus]

This is one of the best films set in ancient Rome. Wonderful.

[bebop54]

great upload friend ..

seen this film akazillion times ..

it's a masterpiece from il maestro !

[EltBerserker]

My name is Bob Dole and I approve of this film.

[piontro]

Petronius was a very rich man during Nero's reign in Roma. He wrote this master piece in order to despise Nero. He compared Nero with Trimalchio the main character during the diner. Fellini was a genius ahead of his time. must of his movies were progressives and revolutionaries.

[ilikeorangejuice555]

I'm unfamiliar with this film - what exactly is happening here?

[OzWatcher]

@ilikeorangejuice555

Wow, okay, trying to explain this film is a bit tricky, I really recommend you see it for yourself. To be honest, this scene just kind of falls in between two plot points: Immediately before this Encolpius and his friend kidnap (and inadvertently murder) a holy man, and following this scene we discover that he has been cursed as a result of that. This is something Encolpius just stumbled into while running away from his guilt.

[ilikeorangejuice555]

Aha. XD

I'll maybe try and catch it online somewhere... it does appear to be very original. o_o

[piontro]

Listen to the guys shouting outside the maze. This kind of Singing is from Indonesia and is perform at special ceremonies. Fellini was good at incorporate this sound to the movie, making it more weird.

[LeoNobles]

@ilikeorangejuice555 Agree with OzWatcher. See this movie. I saw it long ago but am now going to find it and watch it again. I looked for this sequence because I just saw Baraka (another must-see) and the monkey chant in it reminded me of the chanting in this. They are very similar.

[bombayteddy]

Handsome man....and he shares my birthday!

[greenunseen]

Nice Balinese kechak music.

[IanHunedoara8]

WOW ! i spent 40 years wondering what those barking sounds were about!

[matrags]

How easy would that labyrinth be to escape from...I mean the walls are about 8 feet high with huge groves between the blocks lol.

[melago68]

i love fellinis magical films

did he take drugs, or was he a genius, or was he both (taking drugs and a genius)?

[beltrando1]

differently from many fake rock star of the 60s and 70s (the fact that they die young doesn't make any difference to me, they remain fake shit), Italians have always been able to be genious without needing drugs, and usually they where also really nice people, who know how to enjoy their life! Fuck 68

[Blackwater1]

Actually one of Fellini's biggest influences was LSD so you're wrong.

[romerorepeatkill]

I'm not so sure about this Blackwater1, I once saw an interview where Fellini discussed his participation in an LSD experiment and how he was almost unaffected by the drug.

[piontro]

Nop you're wrong blackwater1 ( the baby killers in Iraq ) Fellini didn't need LSD to make this kind of movies. The man was a genius, period.

[bebop54]

period ! lol

[shkodranalbi]

One of the best films ever made. Fellini - in the same rank with Leonardo Da Vinci and Velasques and El Greco, Gogol and Joyce; he is Jung with a movie-camera, Rossini reborn as a filmmaker.

I love Pasolini, Bresson, Kubrick, Bergman, Scorcese. But Fellini is Fellini. All honours to IL MAESTRO.

da un albanese di londra

[GarlandMuay]

I hate to say this...but Satyricon seems a little bit like a homoerotic Zardoz. Both movies have the same type of surreal aura to them. I like Fellini, but what the hell...I'm a Pasolini man.

[gpenn2]

Actually, Zardoz is a heterosexual Satyricon if anything. I love both movies, but Satyricon is a masterpiece and one of Fellini's best.

[gianca60]

Petronius wrote Satyricon about 2000 years ago. Fellini made his movie in 1968You have to write "maybe Zardoz ia a heterosexual satyricon".

[enemyofbohemia]

Huh, that's interesting, I really like the movie Zardoz and at times it does feel remind me of this film.

[gianca60]

Fellini said about Satyricon "I want to made a SF movie set in ancient times". Since Zardoz is supposed to happen in a certain future, there are some similarities of decor, costumes and so on.

[enemyofbohemia]

@gianca60 That's very interesting. It makes a lot more sense that way.

[bebop54]

un' grande maestro !!!!!!!!!

[MysticConspiracy]

that have to be the crappiest movie ever made!!! ROFL a fucking random farmer with a cowhead on xD THIS IS BULLSHIT!!!!

[OzWatcher]

What's the matter, not enough explosions or giant robots in it for you?

Some people like a little something called "art" ion their movies. Maybe one day when you grow up, you'll understand.

[MysticConspiracy]

Yeah, but while i'm young I prefer giant robots and big explosions before random farmers with cowsuits.

[darkdanu89]

You must understand this movie before you post things like that. And yes it is hard to understand it, and for it you should read Petronius's book, on wich it is based, and also about roman society in the times of Nero, his reign and crimes.

Petronius wrote this subtle satire about roman society and it's rulling class knowing that it could mean his death, so that is why it's so hard to completely understand the meaning of his book and this movie, wich is an excellent adaptation by Mr. Fellini!

[MysticConspiracy]

okay, sure.. but I still prefer giant robots ;P heh

[darkdanu89]

That's ok... I didn't comment on your tastes, only on your comment on this movie ;)

[blutchristus]

giant robots...thats what I call mental misery. anyway, your bullshit is funny.

[OzWatcher]

@MysticConspiracy Looking back now, I was a bit of a jerk to you in these comments, and you kept your cool despite that. Even 2 years ago, I was old enough that I should have known better than to fall into the trap of Youtube comment drama. Me = twonk :P

And I have to admit, without "giant robot" movies, we wouldn't have "The Iron Giant", and any world without *that* movie is no world I want to live in.

[dragannov]

you  are talkin' to the wall...

their "civilization" is about 300 years old...

[dasurass]

what a fucking snob, i guess people who enjoy what you would call lowbrow films all need to grow up. i happen to enjoy this film, and the escapism that a movie like point break provides and im old as shit.

[OzWatcher]

@dasurass Looking back at these comments, I just realised you were saying this to me. In hindsight, yeah, I bit the guy's head off unnecessarily, and to be honest I love "lowbrow" movies too. Hell, I deliberately watch and collect cheesy z-grade movies like "Evil in the Deep" and "K*I*S*S Meets the Phantom of the Park", so it's a bit hypocritical of me to get so butthurt when he expressed his own preference.

For the record though, minotaurs are way more awesome than robots. Just sayin'...

;)

[apodyterion]

One of the best scenes in this incredible movie.

[umapierre]

musique (son) de BITTER Maurice .

[gekotdf]

Luigi Montefiori LEGEND!!!!

[Zzz80]

Genius

[xantiphos]

I think that these people are another of the crazy character of Fellini.

[criceto]

George Eastaman

[ickywacka]

who the hell are these people and why are they screaming like horny demented monkeys?

[kkallebb]

They are celebrating the feast of the God of Laughter. The nucleus of the idea for this scene is taken from Apuleius' "Metamorphoses", although there a different trick is played on the protagonist. There is a reference in Petronius to Encolpius having been disgraced in gladitorial combat.

[dragannov]

you can bet  that he understood every word of you....

anyway, great comment, bravissimo

[FabioMaglio]

Buona scena

[radioberlin]

Monkey chant...

[Iamnothomophobic]

This movie is a masterpiece in surrealism.