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Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma
(1975)
 
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Director:
Pier Paolo
Pasolini |
COUNTRY
USA |
GENRE
Drama/Thriller |
INTERNATIONAL TITLE
Saló,
or the 120 days of Sodom |
NORWEGIAN TITLE
Saló
eller Sodomas 120 dager |
RUNNING
TIME
116
minutes |
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Producer:
Alberto
Grimaldi |
Screenwriter:
Pier Paolo
Pasolini
Sergio Citti |
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Cast includes:
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ACTOR/ACTRESS |
RATING |
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The Duke |
Paolo Bonacelli |
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The Bishop |
Giorgio Cataldi |
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The Magistrate |
Umperto P. Quintavalle |
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The President |
Aldo Valletti |
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Signora Castelli |
Caterina Boratto |
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Signora Maggi |
Elsa De Giorgi |
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Signara Vaccari |
Helene Surgere |
Review
This stiff and dehumanised film about an oppressive elite's sadistic
torture and sexual abuse of a group of teenagers in Fascist Italy in
1944 is amongst Pasolini's most controversial – but also least
artistically accomplished – works. He may have drawn inspiration for his
speculative project from Marquis de Sade's famous novel, but in addition
to being vile and enormously tasteless, the film is also empty and
entirely irreverent. Pasolini seems to be interested only in his own
sensationalistic images and anecdotes, not in storytelling or exploring the
characters' psyche. And the supposed fascism parable amounts to little more
than a leftist's miserable excuse for self-indulgence. The only
truly interesting aspect of Salò is the fact that it was actually made
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and what this says about the artistic climate of the 1970s.
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