All I want is a remake of Cleopatra where Octavian does his all scenes in full blanket burrito mode:
Suetonius, Augustus, 82-83
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Elizabeth Taylor’s dressing room trailer for Cleopatra
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Period dramas dresses tournament: Orange dresses Round 1- Group D: Empress Phoenix, Curse of the golden flower (pics set) vs Cleopatra VII, Cleopatra
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stuff !!! (still updating all the links and stuff)
i do the opposite of gatekeeping. you guys will be FORCED to hear abt my interests. some links of dead romans stuff i like <33
julius caesar illustrated by tony scott (silly drawings!!);
the october horse by colleen mc cullough (i am obsessed with this book despite having very mixed feelings abt it);
eve of ides by david blixt (constant loud wailing + funny scenes with antony);
hbo rome (peak fiction. idc.);
cleopatra (1963) (antony looks so cunty in that miniskirt. him and cleopatra are literally malewife and girlboss);
julius caesar (1979) (very low quality. i am desperate)
julius caesar (1953) (cassius...thoughts abt cassius...)
julius caesar (1950) (cassius...thoughts abt cassius...)
empire (2005) (brutus looks like a puppy here i think)
guys i'll update this with brutus' biography (plutarch), brutus' biography (tempest), julius caesar 1969, julius caesar 2018 sooner or later !! if anyone wants the 2017 I'll email it to you
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My favorite characters in this film are the side roles that are internally screaming at Antony, Cleopatra and Octavian’s questionable judgments:
Rufio: Don’t you think the boat with pink perfume and scantily clad women might be an attempt to seduce--
Antony: Negotiations are GO baby!
Octavian: Hey, I know your husband only died six months ago, but what if...you and Antony...
Octavia: Little brother, I love you, but if you don’t shut up I will stick a gladius in your spleen.
And yep, Octavian is absolutely coded as either gay or asexual here. It’s mainly in the actor’s intonation and mannerisms. Agrippa’s here too, though the filmmakers decided to make him one of Caesar’s generals instead of Octavian’s childhood friend.
But my favorite thing is that two hours in, the filmmakers have skipped everything that would make Octavian actually villainous: the proscriptions, the betrayal of Cicero, the torture of Brutus and Cassius’ men, and whatever the hell happened at Perusia. But they kept several of Antony’s insults to Octavian. So if you don’t know history it just looks like Antony bullying a random blond twink.
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I love Roddy McDowall’s performance in Cleopatra (1963). He doesn’t have that many talking scenes (4 hour movie) but he slays in all of them .
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