SALÒ (120 DAYS OF SODOM) (1975)
Released in the aftermath of its director’s brutal murder, Salò was banned, seized, and despised in almost every country it reached. Based on an unfinished novel by the Marquis de Sade, Salò transposes the story to Mussolini’s Italy, and constructs an almost unwatchable allegory of power, submission, and the total consumption of the human body by the state. This is a film that was made to be misunderstood. Will you stay in your seat?
With introduction by leading scholar.
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy, 1975, 117 min, R 18+
Starring: Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Caterina Boratto, Elsa De Giorgi
In Italian with English subtitles
Image: courtesy of Park Circus/Amazon MGM Studios
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