Rome 78

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Rome 78 - Source: blog.art21.org

DIRECTOR:  James Nares

STARRING:  Patti Astor       
                    James Chance       
                    Mitch Corber       
                    Bradley Field       
                    Mary Focus       
                    Kristian Hoffman       
                    Lance Loud       
                    Lydia Lunch       
                         

A noted classic of the New Cinema of underground East Village filmmakers, this color Super 8 film, a narrative about the Roman emperor Caligula set in a shabby Manhattan apartment, proposes an analogy between ancient Rome and modern America as cultural empires.

Source: www.moma.org


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