FELLINI SATYRICON

Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born

United Artists; Directed by Federico Fellini

Rated R; 129 minutes; 1970

Erotic, neurotic, surrealistic, brilliant . . . these are just some of the words that describe FELLINI SATYRICON. Adapted from Petronius' observations at the court of Emperor Nero, Federico Fellini outdoes even himself in this dazzling look at the mind populated by some of life's most quixotic creatures.

Dubbed into English

 

 

REVIEWS

"There have been hundreds of Freudian films; FELLINI SATYRICON is probably the first—and certainly the most important—Jungian one. In the course of two hours and seven minutes, images, totems and archetypes rise and burst like hydrogen sulfide bubbles from the marsh of the collective unconscious. The unsynchronized soundtrack has the timbre of racial memory, echoing some internal dream time."

- Stefan Kanfer, TIME