7.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Toby Dammit (1968)
Toby Dammit (1968)
Overview
During a trip to Rome, a debauched Shakespearian actor is tormented by the Italian film industry, fans, the press and the Devil, who appears as a little girl seeking to collect his head.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Gender Swap: Yes
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
7.7
Overview
During a trip to Rome, a debauched Shakespearian actor is tormented by the Italian film industry, fans, the press and the Devil, who appears as a little girl seeking to collect his head.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's central critique is existential and artistic, focusing on individual disillusionment and the superficiality of modern life without advocating for a specific political solution or aligning with a partisan ideological framework.
The movie features traditional European casting without explicit diversity initiatives. Its narrative focuses on the psychological decline of its white male protagonist, offering a critique of fame and society rather than explicitly addressing or negatively framing traditional identities from a diversity, equity, and inclusion perspective.
Secondary
In Federico Fellini's adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's 'Never Bet the Devil Your Head,' the character of the Devil, traditionally or implicitly male in the source material, is portrayed as a young girl. This constitutes a gender swap.
The film uses the backdrop of Catholic Italy and the premise of a 'Catholic Western' to highlight spiritual emptiness and the commodification of faith. Religious symbols are present but offer no genuine solace or moral guidance to Toby Dammit, underscoring a pervasive spiritual decay and the protagonist's profound despair.
Toby Dammit, a segment from 'Spirits of the Dead,' explores the existential crisis of a British actor in Rome. The narrative is entirely focused on his personal descent into madness and does not include any discernible LGBTQ+ characters, relationships, or themes, resulting in no depiction.
The film 'Toby Dammit' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or explore transgender themes. The narrative centers on a male actor's surreal experiences and existential crisis, with no elements related to gender identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Toby Dammit is an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "Never Bet the Devil Your Head." The main character, Toby Dammit, is portrayed by a white actor, Terence Stamp, which aligns with the implied race of the character in the original 19th-century source material. There are no instances of race swapping for established characters.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.4
8.0
Critic Ratings
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