Speaking of Helen Mirren, in another thread, I watched
Caligula last night. Felt weird being able to buy the fully uncut version in HMV considering bits of it are essentially hardcore porn. The film has a terrible rep, with almost everyone involved having now disowned it, but for what it is, it's actually not bad - certainly better than some more mainstream films I've seen about the same thing. It's still odd though though, seeing the likes of Peter O'Toole, Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren and John Gielgud playing it straight while all kinds of hardcore shenanigans are going on around them.
Would make a great double bill with
Fellini's Satyricon.
