Status: Shown in Museums Only Film/TV/Stage: Short Art Film Genre: Short / Drama Year: 2005 Director: Francesco Vezzoli Running time: 5 minutes Image Gallery: Francesco Vezzoli’s Caligula Trailer Gallery Related Links: News FAN RATINGS: (23 votes, average: 4.74 out of 5)  Loading ...

Cast: Gerard Butler …. Prefect Cassius Chaerea Adriana Asti …. Ennia Karen Black …. Agrippina Kallean de Castelbajac …. Druscilla’s Soldier Michelle Phillips …. Messalina Glenn Shadix …. Claudius Milla Jovovich …. Druscilla Courtney Love …. Caligula Helen Mirren …. Tiberia Mia Moretti …. Priestess Francesco Vezzoli …. Caligula Gore Vidal …. Himself Description: This is a short film based on the 1979 film of the same name. NO FULL LENGTH REMAKE WAS EVER MADE. There was never any intention to remake the film. This film is stylized with the actors wearing modernized robes and Roman jewelry and females playing male characters and vice-versa and pays tribute to Caligula (see more in production notes.) Production Notes: Currently showing at museums in the United States. Played in 2006 at the Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art. A five-and-a-half-minute, 35-millimeter video, the short ostensibly promotes a film about a mad Roman emperor (Mr. Vezzoli in a cameo) who sleeps with his sister, executes his critics and presides over a crowd of ambisexual extras dressed only in the occasional accessory. Premiered at the 2005 Venice Biennale Eliciting comparisons to the work of Andy Warhol, Francesco Vezzoli’s (b. 1971, Brescia, Italy) embroideries, videos, and live performances revolve around celebrities and the mechanics of fame and publicity. After producing works inspired by his favorite directors and divas of the 1960s, he turned his attention to the phenomenon of the contemporary Hollywood blockbuster in 2005. For Trailer for the Remake of Gore Vidal’s Caligula, Vezzoli created a star-studded trailer for an imaginary big-budget remake of the controversial 1979 cult classic Caligula. Featuring Helen Mirren and Adriana Asti from the original cast as well as young stars such as Milla Jovovich and Courtney Love, the spoof trailer is a high-camp parody of the superficiality and vacuousness of Hollywood. It is also an attempt to return ownership of Caligula to its original screenplay writer, Gore Vidal, who distanced himself from the project after major disagreements with producer Bob Guccione and others. Not only is Vidal�s name restored to the title, but he also introduces the trailer, explaining his original vision for the film as an allegory of the universal tendency for unbridled power to lead to madness and violence. It is a lesson that Vezzoli suggests is particularly timely today. �Ted Mann – from the Guggenheim Collection website. Release Dates: 2005 IMDB Rating: 6/10 IMDB ID: 796207 Filming Location: Los Angeles

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