Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom Directed by: Pier Paolo Pasolini Written by: Pier Paolo Pasolini Starring: Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Umberto P. Quintavalle This Christmas season, tell that special someone you love them with the gift that keeps on giving: Pier Paolo Pasolini's Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom on blu ray! If you're concerned the intense scenes of sexual sadism, torture, and murder are too much of a downer for the holidays, just remember that it's nothing more than a parable, intended to comment on fascism and mindless complacency under the rule of overzealous figures of authority. The film is based on The 120 Days of Sodom by the Marquis de Sade with a loose Dante's Inferno structure applied overall, breaking the story down into four chapters: Anteinferno, The Circle of Manias, The Circle of Shit and The Circle of Blood. While the original book takes place in the 1700's,...
- 11/3/2011
- by Jay C.
- FilmJunk
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