Fellini Satyricon [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

The fall of ancient Rome was brought about by debauchery and hedonism more so than any foreign invaders. Two students leave school to pursue their ribald sexual fantasies. The Roman togas cannot hide director Fellini's contempt for modern youth as he draws parallels between the moral decay of Rome and the hippies of today who live fort he moment. The two engage in homosexual behavior with an effeminate friend, and take pleasure in a Nubian slave girl. Encolpio (Martin Potter) battles the Minotaur in a confusing labyrinth. Ascilto (Hiram Keller) is his friend as he and Encolpio find themselves kidnapped and made into galley slaves by Tryphaena (Capucine). The two kidnap an albino hermaphrodite thought to have magic powers. Drunken orgies and fabulous banquets are the highlights of events for the morally decadent Romans.