And yet, another flip dismissive comment :)
At least you didn't say Senses of Cinema subscriber. lol

Well said. Reviewers have often stated that Fellini putting his name to the title was exemplary of the self indulgent nature of the film but, it's totally in keeping with this themes, that this is limited to his experience of Satyricon, a work that can only be defined by it's fragments in the first place, in other…

I've read many of these flip and dismissive reviews of Satyricon, calling it nothing more than an 'empty spectacle' when there's been no effort to look deeper into that spectacle. This 'empty spectacle' in fact extended the scope of Fellini's post neo-realist themes. Themes that delved into the creative process, how…

Indeed, most Italian films at the time were dubbed so it's really the de-synchronization that was Fellini's touch. At first, the dubbing of Italian films was due to budgetary constraint, it cost less to dub in than have a on location sound crew, then it became somewhat of a tradition, like big eyes in anime.