Today, no one would know how to paint like this. But Fellini even out-Fellinis himself in Fellini Satyricon , a film that pushes all of his obsessions so far over the top that they take flight. Always looking for a quick fix, Ascilto sells the boy to an actor. When Encolpio storms the stage to demand Gitone back, the gleeful audience starts offering bids to purchase the boy.
Stories intertwine, pull upon one another, and fly apart.
The film even ends in mid-sentence, as if unfinished. But this is Fellini's intention. His source material is also fragmentary. Petronius' satire is an unusual work. The Satyricon takes gleeful pleasure in its own excesses.