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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: X (Mature Audiences Only)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0738329029920
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Kino Video
Manufacturer: Kino Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Kino Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 13, 2003
Running Time: 85 minutes
Sales Rank: 46934
Studio: Kino Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1976
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A sensuous lushly photographed homoerotic vision of the tragedy of st sebastiane is filled with scintillating images of male bodies & graphic scenes of sex. Studio: Kino International Release Date: 05/13/2003 Run time: 85 minutes
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A Homoerotic Epic
"Sebastiane"
A Homoerotic Epic
Amos Lassen
I understand that when Derek Jarman's "Sebastiane" was released in 1976 it caused quite uproar. It is not like a regular movie and is more of a fantasy that is soaked with homoerotic and sadomasochistic imagery which is played out against the beautiful Sardinian coast. The dialog is in Latin and it adds to the sense of mystery of the film. Hovering over the film is a sense of sexual desire and yearning. There is also ... Read More
Rating:  - sebastiane is worth seeing at least once
After reading other reviews and noting their conflicting opinions I decided to judge this for myself. After I got past the rather silly openning scenes of a roman orgy which places sebastiane's exile into context, the film certainly held my attention to its conclusion. The important thing to remember when approaching this one is first the context as to when it was filmed. This is the mid-70s and a raging gay porno it isn't. Although the homoerotic relationships are evident, they in no way differ from ... Read More
Rating: - A compelling fusion of peculiar elements.
I must admit that I was very pleased to rediscover this movie remastered on DVD. I first rented the movie about twenty years ago. The plot is rather slow, but it has features that made it very appealing to me. It's an historical movie (the latter years of Saint Sebastian's life). It is one of the very first gay-themed movies showing male nudity. I do not agree with an X rating, and I remember when I first saw it as a kid, I was a bit disappointed regading the eroticism of this movie. Of course there is ... Read More
Rating:  - Badly acted and bizarre male sex romp
Sebastiane (1976), is a supposedly landmark film, I would have to disagree. I don't understand where all the praise comes from. There is certainly a measure of legitimacy in it, but it is lost in all the nonsense that must be an attempt at passing this film off as "art" (in 1976) rather than what it really is: a very soft (very very soft) core porn movie.
It purports to depict the martyred fourth century Roman soldier Sebastiane, who was later both canonized as Saint Sebastian and revered as ... Read More
Rating: - Feast for the eyes............
.............but not, so much, for the mind.
DON'T MISUNDERSTAND,
this is a great film, but honestly speaking, I think this film is most notable simply as being a single product of
Derek Jarman's genius; not as being a distinctive masterwork, in itself. If you want to speak in terms
of advancement/positive representation in homosexually themed art,
this is the gold star winner. Otherwise, the visuals are the only thing that makes this movie noteworthy.
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