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What were the motivations of the directors and writers of the film Caligula? Can this film be seen as an example of historical fiction?

Is Bob Guccione the director?
Not quite. Bob Guccione was the executive producer and after firing Tinto Brass from the director's/editor's chair, personally re-shot six minutes worth of sex scenes and ordered massive re-edits on the film. Still, 95% of the finished movie was directed Tinto Brass, albeit not edited the way he intended.
Did Gore Vidal disown the film because Bob Guccione and Tinto Brass added explicit sex and gore to the film?
No. He disowned the film shortly after the principal photography began, when he found out that Tinto Brass and the lead actor, Malcolm McDowell, altered the film's historical drama into a surreal political satire. The botched film released today was the futile attempt of Giancarlo Lui to reconstruct Gore Vidal's original inention.
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