fellini satyricon be one of the true art movie of the late 60ties european cinema and it extravagance of color and religious undertone and philosophical questioning and eroticism be captivate . fellini take u on a bawdy odyssey of episodic nature where encolpio ( martin potter ) in center and together with ascilto ( hiram keller ) and face the incredible but impossible and world of ancient rome while the sultry society of roman who live luxurious life in self indulgence where the nature of moral tradition be constantly push to the limit . both handsome youth encolpio and ascilto battle for the sexual pleasure of a mysterious slave boy ( max bear ) who unite and divide them a both enters bewilder adventure of often homosexual significance . the film jump back and forth in time and and jag it narration with no sort of explanation and the viewer just have to go along for the ride without never really understand the plot fellini throw a fascinating travelogue who structurally follow the actual work of petronius . grotesquely paint and the film doesn not punctuate the everyday life of citizen of the roman empire a petronius actual script and fellini mainly make it come to life by it visual opulence and outrageous connotation . i personally love fellini absurdity and artful touch and and though this be often view a a mostly problematic film and i always find it quite unique and influential for the many following film director of world cinema .