Tons of hollowed out buildings, boarded-up storefronts, and more…all of which are becoming more commonplace around the country. Once a major city during the automotive boom of the early 20th century, it’s a husk of its former self. It’s sad but also wonderful to see Detroit as it stands. To set the film in Detroit, where we see America’s neglect of it’s less-fortunate most clearly, was very poignant. The most fascinating thing about Ovid and the Art of Love is its juxtaposition of political problems faced by ancient Romans and those faced by U.S. “Julia the Younger is part of a plan to overtake Agustus’ throne to reinstate a democratic government.” Ovid meets Julia the Younger later when he is imprisoned for the second time and discovers that Julia the Younger is part of a plan to overtake Agustus’ throne to reinstate a democratic government. However, since Emperor Agustus (John Savage) is all about family values, Ovid’s poems that promote infidelity are seen as treasonous. Agustus also exiles his own daughter Julia the Elder (Tara Summers) for similar reasons and later imprisons his granddaughter Julia the Younger (Amara Zaragoza) simply because his wife tells him to do so. Eventually, Ovid becomes a renowned love poet, writing his book about the art of love. It’s Max who takes Ovid to his first poetry slam, where he does not do well. There he meets Maxamillian, or Max (Sam Haft), another poet/lawyer, and Agripinna (Ashlee McLemore). He wants to be a poet but goes to school at his parents’ behest. It starts when Ovid (Corbin Bleu), a young poet, is summoned by the emperor to start a career in law. Ovid’s life is carried out through the student’s fantasy. While he is walking through the streets of Detroit, we see his imaginings start to take place on the same streets. The film starts when a Detroit middle school student is assigned to read about Ovid in class. Set on the backdrop of modern-day Detroit and the reign of Caeser Agustus in Ancient Rome, we learn the story of Roman poet Ovid and his contribution to the resurrection of democracy in Rome. Following in the footsteps of Julie Taymor, who set her adaptation of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, Titus, and others who have adapted works of antiquity set in the present day, Esme von Hoffman has brought us Ovid and the Art of Love.
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