Caligula The Movie Uncut

More than that, though, this movie is not a movie. It is an act of defamation. What reached the screen was a distortion of the film that its makers had made. In conception, Caligula was an absurdist comedy, though with a few horrifyingly disturbing scenes. It was meant as a joke, and political power was the butt of that joke. The editing crew (among the best in the world), the re-recording crew (among the best in the world), the mixing crew (among the best in the world), and the lab crew (among the best in the world), were all put into the unenviable position of making sense of over 96 hours of footage without the benefit of the filmmakers to explain what that footage was supposed to mean, and how it was supposed to fit together. The shooting script was of no help whatever in interpreting the footage. Operating in the dark, without a map of the territory, with 96 hours of footage demonstrating cameras twirling around and zooming madly from one detail to another, the post-production crews tried to remember what little they had learned in grade school about a mad emperor, and hammered the material into some sort of shape that seemed to show a mad emperor.

Caligula The Full Movie Uncut

Caligula (1979) TRAILER (156 min, Adult Drama History) IMDB 5.0 Budget 17.5 mill. In 1984, Franco Rosselini hired the editor Enzo Micarelli to re-edit a longer, pre-release version of the film for release in Italy, which he re-titled 'Io, Caligola.' This version ran 133 minutes until the censors forced Rossellini to cut it down, first to 87 minutes, then back to 123 minutes. Watch truly great cinema. Wherever you are. From new directors to award-winners. Beautiful, interesting, incredible movies — a new film every single day. Download to watch Offline. Start your free 7 day trial now. Caligula (1979) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Release Calendar DVD & Blu-ray Releases Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon Movie News India Movie Spotlight. 'Caligula' was banned by theaters across the country, being deemed perverted and ultra violent. While true, this was the Roman Empire under the rule of the deranged Emperor Caligula. Malcom McDowell stars in this controversial telling of Roman decadence steered by a madman.