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A few months ago there was an image if a rat. Did we ever end up getting the film that related to?

Midnight Cowboy

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We've still got until tomorrow to worry about whether or not they're sending out a newsletter.

Fellini Satyricon!

Haha, I was trying to think of a way to make that be Pan's Labyrinth, but that makes more sense.

Ah, I get it now: Satyr-con!

Satyricon was pretty lame this year. Too many dwarves.

I have not seen this Fellini film. What is the general impression of it? It doesn't seem to have high marks near the praise of his other heavy hitters.

swo17 wrote:Satyricon was pretty lame this year. Too many dwarves.

Donald Sutherland has to be like, what, seven or eight dwarfs high though, so Criterion should pair it with Casanova just to satisfy everyone

aox wrote:I have not seen this Fellini film. What is the general impression of it?

Basically, it's like if you were making a cake that called for 3 cups of Fellini, but you accidentally put in 10 cups instead, and then forgot to add any other ingredients.

It's my favorite Fellini. But you don't have to take my word for it -- here's someone you might trust more.

clever one. But at first I was all "The Devils?!?!?!" *sad face*

swo17 wrote:

aox wrote:I have not seen this Fellini film. What is the general impression of it?

Basically, it's like if you were making a cake that called for 3 cups of Fellini, but you accidentally put in 10 cups instead, and then forgot to add any other ingredients.

Which is kind of why I love it. It's sort of like the most beautiful nonsense that gives the appearance of being sensible ever. It also helps that Fellini is genuinely playing and sticking with the source in a way that breeds structure where a lot of his wackier films don't.

I didn't know Scott McCloud was at Satyr-Con this year!

aox wrote:I have not seen this Fellini film. What is the general impression of it? It doesn't seem to have high marks near the praise of his other heavy hitters.

It's a "silver age" work. Think Hitchcock's Frenzy; a good picture in its own right, and you'd probably have your socks knocked off if it was a non-name filmmaker, but you'll be disappointed if you think you're going to get something on the level of, say, Rear Window.

Is it true Richard Simmons appears as an extra in Satyricon?

Yes. Ironically, he was fat at the time.

swo17 wrote:Satyricon was pretty lame this year. Too many dwarves.

Looked like shit.

HistoryProf wrote:clever one. But at first I was all "The Devils?!?!?!" *sad face*

My first thought was The Devils too, but that pic definitely indicates something else.... It seems not so likely that they'd release another Fellini just after La Dolce Vita, particularly when it makes a nice twofer w/ Roma, but after a Fellini drought, it's nice they're catching up (though I'd be much more excited for a Trilogy of Loneliness (La Strada/il Bidone/Nights of Cabiria) box.

So we can expect Roma along?

Nights of Cabiria would be a dream on BD. There's no way they'll get that back though, right?

Not until it's time to release it on 8K hyperdisc.