CALIGULA (1979, 2023)

The film

Follows Caligula as he kills his devious adoptive grandfather and takes control of the decadent Roman Empire, spiralling into depravity, devastation and madness.” Absolutely insane, and possibly the most explicit, commercial film ever made. Is this good? I don’t know, but it’s fascinating. This review made me wanna watch: “Roger Ebert gave it zero stars, calling it “sickening, utterly worthless, shameful trash”. Ebert wrote: “In the two hours of this film that I saw, there were no scenes of joy, natural pleasure, or good sensual cheer. There was, instead, a nauseating excursion into base and sad fantasies.