Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula (2005)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Francesco Vezzoli

Writer:

Gore Vidal (writer)

Genre:

Short | Comedy | Drama | History

Tagline:

Let them hate me, so long as they fear me.

Plot:

This is a short film based on the 1979 film of the same name. The film is stylized with the actors wearing modernized robes and Roman jewelry and females playing male characters and vice-versa. |

Plot Keywords:

Spoof | Caligula | Cameo | Movie Trailer | Roman Empire

Cast

Adriana Asti	...	Ennia
Justine Bateman	...	Attia, Imperial Courtesan
Karen Black	...	Agrippina
Barbara Bouchet	...	Caesonia
Gerard Butler	...	Prefect Cassius Chaerea
Benicio Del Toro	...	Macro
Milla Jovovich	...	Druscilla
Courtney Love	...	Caligula
Helen Mirren	...	Tiberia
Mia Moretti	...	Priestes of Isis
Michael Okarma	...	Greek Slave
Michelle Phillips	...	Messalina
Glenn Shadix	...	Claudius
Tasha Tilberg		(as Tasha Tilberg)
Francesco Vezzoli	...	Caligula
Gore Vidal	...	Himself

Runtime:

5 min

Country:

Italy | USA

Language:

Italian | English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Crossroads

Trivia:

This film was made especially for the Venice Biennale.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Caligola (1979)

Fun and stylish

I saw this short film at the Whitney, and it was one of the best things in the whole museum. I found it funny, stylish, and fun to look at. Very over the top in costumes and sex acts performed. The movie also contains the appropriate super dramatic, almost soap opera-ish delivery from the actors--mostly just repeating Caligula's name. They all do it with style and panache. Many of them convey a lot with the one word--censure, disapproval, arousal. The casting of older women, in particular, caught my attention. They all--even in over done make up--look great. Helen Mirren looks particularly fetching in her costume. I will admit that I still have not seen the 70s version of this film--now I will have to hunt it down--so I cannot compare this version to the original, still and all, worth a look!