8/10/2019 Filme Heliogabalo Notas
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Publicado em 17 de dez de 2013Heliogabale (L'orgie Romaine,Die
Lwen des Tyrannen),1911, directed by Louis Feuillade, is a pleasant
little gem that gives us a fake history lesson in just
eight-minutes. Director Feuillade manages to pack quite a bit into
the short runningtime but there's no question the highlight is the
lion's den, which actually manages to contain some mild suspense
even though we know the actor is in no real danger. Another
highlight comes towards the end when the always joking
Elagabalus
lets the lions join the party. The final five-minutes of this
film are hand colored and it looks very good. Another major plus
are the wonderful sets and nicecostumes. Fans of early cinema will
certainly want to check this one out. (Michael Elliot)
Heliogabale: Jean AymeRest of cast: Louise Lagrang, Luitz-Morat,
Lonce PerretProduction Co: Socit des Etablissements L. Gaumont
Elagabalus (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, ca. 203 -- 11
March 222), also known as Heliogabalus, was Roman Emperor from 218
to 222. A member of the Severan
Dynasty, he was Syrian on his mother's side, the son of Julia
Soaemias and Sextus Varius Marcellus. In his early youth he served
as a priest of the god Elagabal (in Latin, Elagabalus) in the
hometown of his mother's family, Emesa. As a private citizen, he
was probably named Sextus Varius Avitus Bassianus. Upon becoming
emperor he took the name Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus. He was
called Elagabalus only after his death. In 217, the emperor
Caracalla was assassinated andreplaced by his Praetorian prefect,
Marcus Opellius Macrinus. Caracalla's maternal aunt, Julia Maesa,
successfully instigated a revolt among the Third Legion to have her
eldest grandson (and Caracalla's cousin), Elagabalus, declared
emperor in his place. Macrinus was defeated on 8 June 218, at the
Battle of Antioch. Elagabalus, barely fourteen years old, became
emperor, initiating a reign remembered mainly for sexual scandal
and religious controversy.
Later historians suggest Elagabalus showed a disregard for Roman
religious traditions and sexual taboos. He replaced the traditional
head of the Roman pantheon,Jupiter, with the deity of whom he was
high priest, Elagabal. He forced leadingmembers of Rome's
government to participate in religious rites celebrating thisdeity,
over which he personally presided. Elagabalus was married as many
as five times, lavished favors on male courtiers popularly thought
to have been his lovers, employed a prototype of whoopee cushions
at dinner parties, and was reported to have prostituted himself in
the imperial palace. His behavior estranged the Praetorian Guard,
the Senate, and the common people alike.
Amidst growing opposition, Elagabalus, just 18 years old, was
assassinated and replaced by his cousin Alexander Severus on 11
March 222, in a plot formulated by
his grandmother, Julia Maesa, and carried out by disaffected
members of the Praetorian Guard.
Elagabalus developed a reputation among his contemporaries for
extreme eccentricity, decadence and zealotry. This tradition has
persisted, and in writers of theearly modern age he suffers one of
the worst reputations among Roman emperors.Edward Gibbon, for
example, wrote that Elagabalus "abandoned himself to the grossest
pleasures and ungoverned fury." According to B.G. Niebuhr, "The
name Elagabalus is branded in history above all others" because of
his "unspeakably disgusting life."
Resources: wikipedia.org, imdb.orgNew soundtrack and dubbing:
Cinemateca
Music: Kevin Mac Leod (www.incompetch.com) licensed under
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