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Oh, I saw the "restored" version with all that crap taken out. Still plenty of nudity and implied sex, but more like some kind of Heavy Metal story.
Thanks for the essay, it looks great.
I always wanted to direct films, and though I've given up on that now, I keep these dream projects in my head. One of my favorites would be to adapt Marius the Epicurean to screen. Dreamy odd coming-of-age story set in emperor Aurelius' Rome.