á propós de ROMAPAGANA

The film began auspiciously with a brilliant script penned by acclaimed historical fiction writer Gore Vidal and a top-notch cast of Shakespearean actors such as Peter O’Toole, Sir John Gielgud, Helen Mirren, and Malcolm McDowell in the title role. Their search for a director led them to eccentric but inspired Italian filmmaker Tinto Brass. In one scene of enclosed documentary “The Making of Caligula,” theatrical agent Guidarino Guidi says of their choice, “In order to make a film on a sexual mad maniac and madman, you needed another sexual maniac and madman, and the only answer was Tinto Brass.”