Spartacus

Spartacus1960

Director: Robert Dornhelm
Stars: Goran Visnjic
Genre: Action, Drama
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Runtime: 177 minutes

Stanley Kubrick was only 31 years old when Kirk Douglas (star of Kubrick's classic Paths of Glory) recruited the young director to pilot this epic saga, in which the rebellious slave Spartacus (played by Douglas) leads a freedom revolt against the d… more »



Marcus Licinius Crassus:
Do you eat oysters?

Antoninus:
When I have them, master.

Marcus Licinius Crassus:
Do you eat snails?

Antoninus:
No, master.

Marcus Licinius Crassus:
Do you consider the eating of oysters to be moral and the eating of snails to be immoral?

Antoninus:
No, master.

Marcus Licinius Crassus:
Of course not. It is all a matter of taste, isn't it?

Antoninus:
Yes, master.

Marcus Licinius Crassus:
And taste is not the same as appetite, and therefore not a question of morals.

Antoninus:
It could be argued so, master.

Marcus Licinius Crassus:
My robe, Antoninus. My taste includes both snails and oysters.

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