20—The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1980 Cecil B. deMille sans scruples 'Caligula': A viper lives in Rome By P.J. PLATT, Daily Collegian Staff Writer "I am nursing a viper in Rome's bosom," the emperor Tiberius mutters to his grandson, and heir to the throne, Gaius Caligula. Surely this is exactly what Bob Guccione said to his producers from Penthouse Magazine when he decided to take over Tinto Brass's role as director of "Caligula." Gaius Caesar Caligula was emperor of Rome AD 37-41; his was a reign of terror and torture. "Pagan Rome," the film's titles begins. Well, I guess. This production is a sort of Cecil B. deMille sans clothing, sans scruples, sans decency. It is lewd to the point of being grotesque, and barbarous to the point of being, well, pointless. "Adapted from an original screenplay by Gore Vidal," the script has the potential for a thought-provoking ac count into the mind of a madman who happens to be sovereign of the Roman Empire. But any such potential is only Museum of Art Store Art Books Notes and Cards Unusual Jewelry Folk Art & T Prints Sculpture Penn State'University fvluseuni of Art Tuesday-Sunday 12-5 buried under mounds of debauched flesh, spurting crimson blood and piles of steaming guts. This is not a movie for the young at heart, the weak of stomach, the lover of history, the connisseur of fine films. In fact, its only redeeming quality (and on this ground I tread with careful step) is its star, Malcolm McDowell. With what little of plot and character development he has to work, McDowell gives a performance replete with flashing azure eyes and a gnashing in tensity of pure madness. His diabolical whims for torture and its spectacle are countered with another equally fierce, crazed emotion: a perverse (incestuous) love for his sister Drusilla, and equal amour for his wife Caesonia. But when you come right down to it, "Caligula" is downright offensive. "Pink Flamingoes," billed as "a study in poor• taste" (and, believe me, it is) seem§ like so much pablum after an evening of everything from ejaculating eunuches and vestal voyeurs to penis- •Nism%o 4 7 - 91 1 ORCHESIS ~ - '?1 DANCE CO. AUDITIONS • ToNiorr 40 WEdNESdAy, SEPT. 10 4 .# 1 • 1 : 3 3 2 4. : 1 1t 1). 1L BuildiNc i M lv EN O A ri n e d N . • . 10 410 .- aleUf4 • eating pooches and guillotining games. Yes, it's that gross. And explicit. And unnecessary. In a recent Penthouse Magazine in terview about the film, Guccione admits to sneaking into the studio after hours to shoot the most explicit sex scenes, using the raw talents of several Penthouse Pets, and later splicing them into the original film. This is dirty pool, no . matter what the industry.. What a shame about "Caligula." It gives everyone a bad name, from Caligula himself (not that he was ever really anything to write home to Mom about) to his brilliant sucessor, Claudius, to McDowell and the other fine actors who were part of this spectacle of unmitigated immorality (including Peter O'Toole, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren and Sir John Gielgud). In fact, the only excuse upon which the film .could posssibly get by is its producers: Penthouse Magazine. Case closed. t .. The Bettmann Archive ~(,'.y ~. t ;j~ ~, i ... Now comes Miller time *l9BO Beer Brewed by Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wis -N O S , Gregory says Iranian boycott a joke NEW YORK (UPI) Political activist Dick Gregory returned to the U.S. from Iran yesterday joking about airline meals and vowing to continue a 152-day fast until the hostage crisis is resolved. The black civil rights activist, whose weight has dropped to 97 pounds because of the liquid fast, said he would walk from the United Nations to Washington later this week to conduct a prayer vigil in front of the White House. Brandishing an empty box of "Instant Grits" at a Kennedy Airport news conference, Gregory declared the American *conomic boycott of Iran was a failure. "These are the same kind of grits Jimmrearter eats in the White House," he said. Gregory also displayed several other American-made products, including a package of Kool-Aid and a jar of Vaseline. bought them in Tehran. The boycott is a joke," he said. go Gregory said he began the fast 10 days before leaving for Tehran on April 20 to seek the release of the American hostages. He drank only water and fruit juices every third day. 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