Rome '78
Nares mocks up Ancient Rome by shooting in faux-classical sites including Tribeca's American Thread Building, where a decrepit penthouse loft with a peeling-paint dome serves as an echoey stand-in for the imperial palace. The latter location required ingenuity: Posing as potential renters, Nares and associates asked the manager to show them the apartment, then unlocked the windows on the way out; a few hours later, they broke back into the space, full cast and crew in tow, to shoot the necessary scenes.
Cast
David McDermott
as Caligula
Eric Mitchell
as Metellus
Lydia Lunch
as Empress
Kristian Hoffman
as
Bradley Field
as
John Lurie
as
Jim Sutcliffe
as
Mitch Corber
as
Judy Rifka
as
Mary Focus
as
