Confession: I've never actually seen this film outside of its RiffTrax version, so I wonder what that experience would be like. But I can't imagine loving it any more or less; the commentary is funny and knows when to sit back and let the movie work its magic.
I'm kind of mildly obsessed with Ovidio Assonitis' films, particularly their use of wildly bombastic, inappropriate-but-amazing music (often rock-skewing, although in this one, it's repeated use of an incredible, earwormy, operatic hero's…