Slog - Comments on Gore Vidal's Caligula http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/trailer_for_a_remake Like your art super-weird and star-studded? Then don't miss this bizarre and glorious creation by Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli, included in both the Venice and Whitney Biennales, entitled Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's 'Caligula'. (Not safe for work.) "Trailers are a shrunken form of narrative," Vezzoli told Men's Vogue. "But in the case of a trailer for a movie that doesn't exist, it's like reflecting a vacuum. And sometimes that's what Hollywood is about." (Thanks to Towleroad for the heads-up.)... Copyright 2008 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:05:47 -0800 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:50:49 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by L Wow. I don't get it.

]]> L http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/trailer_for_a_remake#c492720 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/trailer_for_a_remake#c492720 Arts Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:28:30 -0800 Comment by Felster Bad acting, historical inaccuracy (Empress Tiberius? they must mean Livia), mishmash of accents, and not-that-hot sex scenes make this a fitting tribute to the first Caligula film. The Courtney Love cameo is a nice touch tho.

]]> Felster http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/trailer_for_a_remake#c492748 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/trailer_for_a_remake#c492748 Arts Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:26:23 -0800 Comment by Orv “But in the case of a trailer for a movie that doesn’t exist, it’s like reflecting a vacuum."

Perhaps a reference to the book A Perfect Vacuum, which consists of reviews of non-existent books?

]]> Orv http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/trailer_for_a_remake#c492760 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/trailer_for_a_remake#c492760 Arts Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:42:13 -0800 Comment by terry miller Wow! I Loved It! thanks for bringing it to our attention jen! i almost turned it off after the credits, then that courtney love part! FFFFFFFFFFFReaky!

]]> terry miller http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/trailer_for_a_remake#c492767 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/trailer_for_a_remake#c492767 Arts Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:53:20 -0800 Comment by Ditmas VEry hard to find on their site but Men's Vogue has the whole article and, the pervs, they've isolated all the dirty pics from the trailer and blown them up nice and big.

http://www.mensvogue.com/arts/articles/2006/08/21/vezzoli

]]> Ditmas http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/trailer_for_a_remake#c492823 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/trailer_for_a_remake#c492823 Arts Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:19:09 -0800 Comment by Ditmas VEry hard to find on their site but Men's Vogue has the whole article and, the pervs, they've isolated all the dirty pics from the trailer and blown them up nice and big.

http://www.mensvogue.com/arts/articles/2006/08/21/vezzoli

]]> Ditmas http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/trailer_for_a_remake#c492824 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/trailer_for_a_remake#c492824 Arts Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:19:19 -0800 Comment by Boomer Wasn't this from about a year ago? It was playing at a museum here in New York over and over

]]> Boomer http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/trailer_for_a_remake#c492859 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/trailer_for_a_remake#c492859 Arts Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:59:30 -0800 Comment by COMTE Well, considering the fact that the trailers for most commercial film releases these days are way better than the films they're designed to promote, this makes perfect sense.

Sort of like watching an NFL highlight video with all the boring plays edited out.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/trailer_for_a_remake#c492868 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/trailer_for_a_remake#c492868 Arts Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:07:07 -0800 Comment by Mark Mitchell The link seems to be missing...

]]> Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/trailer_for_a_remake#c492906 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/trailer_for_a_remake#c492906 Arts Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:53:36 -0800 Comment by smiller This was by far my favorite exhibit at the Whitney Biennial this year! Freakin' hilarious and utterly confounding to most of the people in the audience. Me, I was laughing my ass off and had to watch it twice.

]]> smiller http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/trailer_for_a_remake#c492936 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/trailer_for_a_remake#c492936 Arts Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:46:28 -0800 Comment by abracapocus Works for me ... but I'm a sucker for this kind of escapism. Besides ... Helen Mirren, Karen Black and Courtney Love? Be still my black heart.

Thanks for the Men's Vogue link, BTW.

]]> abracapocus http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/trailer_for_a_remake#c493025 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/trailer_for_a_remake#c493025 Arts Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:36:00 -0800 Comment by Gloria Did they really have to use Gladiator music? It was so horribly ill-fitting.

But DAMN. Helen Mirren! Yowza.

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/trailer_for_a_remake#c493209 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/trailer_for_a_remake#c493209 Arts Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:50:49 -0800