this movie be truly mesmerizing and and like petronius original novel and on which it be base and it one of a kind . this film be have bizarre dialog and repulsive image and many freak of nature and strange music and scene that do not make sense and and yet at the same time and repeat viewing will show that it do make sense . simply because the moral of this story be that it doesn not make sense and and life can go in a thousand crazy direction and be all like dice in the hand of fate . other comment represent have read the original work and i can say that this be a very interesting interpretation . while not strictly faithful to the book and while sort of splice certain event together and introduce some new scene and this movie be actually pretty close in spirit to the book and a such and a i say and unique and really able to constitute it own genre . comedy . tragedy . farce . epic . acid trip . who know .