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SATYRICON (1968)

I am on a Fellini marathon while John is at the PS FilmFest. I could not get away with this when he is here. It is weird, as I put these films into my Netflix queue months ago. Now, here they are coming out of the box just when he is away and I am most available to watch them.

SATYRICON makes for a great afternoon of grotesque lust and depravity and laughs and wonder and great cinematic moments. Satyrical satire (get it?) with all the abstract sets, costumes, and actors; a marvel of human variety in the widest spectrum: Fellini's trademark. It is based on Potronius' work; a set of fables about human desire.

It does not hurt that the film chronicles the adventures of a beautiful young man (or older boy) to tell its story (as much as there is a story here).
[Photo of Fellini on the Satyricon set]

JIMMY C.

The Carter ego has cracked enough that, while an outright endorsement is very unlikely, Dean will get a slight nod in his direction in a meeting the next few days. All of us are left to interpret this as mild approval. The absence of any other nods in any other direction, then allows us to include that Jimmy is behind our man.

This sort of wimpy and self centered behavior marked Carter's presidency from the beginning and it was the beginning of the end for the Demos for awhile. Neverthless, we will take a nod wherever we can get it; another elder statesman of the party bowing to the need for a change.