Musings!

Remo (Enrico Montesano) and Romolo (Pippo Franco) in REMO E ROMOLO - STORIA DI DUE FIGLI DI UNA LUPA (1976)

I recently realized that I was missing this movie from my collection. Now I have 4 different prints! A ribald raunchy comedy/musical of the story Remus and Romulus that's typical of the Italian style filmmaking of the 1970s. See NERONE and MESSALINA, MESSALINA, both from 1977. From what I've seen, it wasn't translated into English. 1970s PEPLUM movies were to PEPLUM movies of the Golden Era like Spaghetti Westerns were to classic Westerns. They're chaotic, crude, raunchy, messy, etc. This one is no exception. The male cast is almost entirely in underwear or wearing very little. Not ready for today's audiences. The women are hippie chicks! The 'She-Wolf,' played by Gabriella Ferri, is memorable. There's bawdy singing scenes. Unlike anything made today. A complete opposite of the Steve Reeves - Gordon Scott epic DUEL OF THE TITANS (1962). I like it.