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SLAM Cinema—Fellini Satyricon
Set during the reign of the emperor Nero, this lavish and bizarre depiction of ancient Rome has divided critics since its release in 1969. Fellini Satyricon won the Pasinetti Award for Best Italian Film at the 30th Venice International Film Festival, and Federico Fellini was nominated for the Academy Award for best director. The film is in Italian and Latin with English subtitles. Rated R, 2 hours, 9 minutes.
About the film
Federico Fellini’s career achieved new levels of eccentricity and brilliance with this remarkable, controversial, extremely loose adaptation of Petronius’s classic 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.
Ticket information
When available, tickets for this program may be reserved in person at the Museum’s welcome desks or through MetroTix. All tickets reserved through MetroTix incur a service charge; the service charge is waived for tickets reserved at the Museum.
Generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.
