CALIGULA
With
Malcolm
McDowell,
Teresa
Ann
Savoy,
Helen
Mirren,
Peter
O’Toole,
John
Steiner,
Guido
Mannari,
Mirella
D’Angelo,
Adriana
Asti,
John
Gielgud
Directed
by
Tinto
Brass
Critics
were
flipping
at
the
late
‘70s
excess
of
Caligula
where
a
more
accurate
depiction
of
Roman
overindulgence
as
rulers
of
the
world
finally
made
it
to
the
screen
–
instead
of
the
prim
and
proper
fully
clothed,
bloodless
epics
of
the
past.
This
was
the
first
time
Roman
excess
was
explicitly
depicted
with
nudity,
murder
and
unlimited
perversions.
McDowell
is
manic
as
the
psychotic
Caligula
who
could
literally
get
away
with
murder
in
a
world
where
orgies
were
a
matter
of
fact.
Classic
actors
like
John
Gielgud
and
Peter
O’Toole’s
appearances
boost
the
credibility
a
touch
in
a
movie
where
many
simply
dismissed
it
as
pornography.
Avoid
the
1½-hour
version
and
try
to
get
the
156-minute
full
cut.
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