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ANTIQUITY IN CINEMA: TINTO BRASS AND BOB GUCCIONE’S CALIGULA (1979)
| Resumo: | Released in 1979, Caligula by T. Brass and B. Guccione marked a turning point by the way Antiquity represented an idea of "Pornotopia", i.e., a time when sexuality allegedly had a value and a meaning distinct from the ones in the twentieth century. On the other hand, by recovering reflections already made by an author like Camus, Caligula reemerges in this metatextual reading as the image of an arbitrary and insane power, reinforcing ideas already germinated by ancient authors. This also justifies why a production of this nature gathered actors from the so‘called "Shakespearean school" with names that came from the porn industry. |
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| Autores principais: | Rodrigues, Nuno Simões |
| Assunto: | Antiquity and Cinema Gaius Caligula Suetonius Tacitus Pornotopia Antiguidade e Cinema Gaio Calígula Suetónio Tácito Pornotopia |
| Ano: | 2014 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | unknown |
| Instituição associada: | Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Boletim de Estudos Clássicos |
| Resumo: | Released in 1979, Caligula by T. Brass and B. Guccione marked a turning point by the way Antiquity represented an idea of "Pornotopia", i.e., a time when sexuality allegedly had a value and a meaning distinct from the ones in the twentieth century. On the other hand, by recovering reflections already made by an author like Camus, Caligula reemerges in this metatextual reading as the image of an arbitrary and insane power, reinforcing ideas already germinated by ancient authors. This also justifies why a production of this nature gathered actors from the so‘called "Shakespearean school" with names that came from the porn industry. |
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