Fellini Satyricon -Blu-ray-

Product Description Federico Fellini’s career achieved new levels of eccentricity and brilliance with this remarkable, controversial, extremely loose adaptation of Petronius’s classical Roman satire, written during the reign of Nero. An episodic barrage of sexual licentiousness, godless violence, and eye-catching grotesquerie, Fellini Satyricon follows the exploits of two pansexual young men—the handsome scholar Encolpius and his vulgar, insatiably lusty friend Ascyltus—as they move through a landscape of free-form pagan excess. Creating apparent chaos with exquisite control, Fellini constructs a weird old world that feels like science fiction. Additional Features BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack • Audio commentary featuring an adaptation of Eileen Lanouette Hughes’s memoir On the Set of “ Fellini Satyricon”: A Behind-the-Scenes Diary • Ciao, Federico!, Gideon Bachmann’s hour-long documentary shot on the set of Fellini Satyricon • Archival interviews with director Federico Fellini • New interview with cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno • New documentary about Fellini’s adaptation of Petronius’s work, featuring interviews with classicists Luca Canali, a consultant on the film, and Joanna Paul • New interview with photographer Mary Ellen Mark about her experiences on the set and her iconic photographs of Fellini and his film • Felliniana, a presentation of Fellini Satyricon ephemera from the collection of Don Young • Trailer • New English subtitle translation • PLUS: An essay by film critic Michael Wood