Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom - Criterion Collection
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Actor: Aldo Valletti, Caterina Boratto, Giorgio Cataldi, Paolo Bonacelli, Umberto Paolo QuintavalleBrand: Image Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Italian (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 116 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-08-26
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Criterion Collection
DVD Reviews of Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom - Criterion Collection
DVD Review: Two Words - "SHOCK VALUE"
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great movie to sit down with friends and watch how they react to the things said and done in this movie. I gave it only 4 stars cause it's more talk than action, and so half the movie is not so interesting as it could have been.
It was kind of hard to read the English Subtitles, cause they talk to fast, so had to constantly put the film in slow motion or pause and replay most of the film as I watched it.
If you like films like "Blood Sucking Freaks" then this is a film you'll want to see.
DVD Review: That's 2 for 2, Pasolini
Summary: 1 Stars
So, the first film I attempted to watch was The Decameron, a rather entertaining book by Boccaccio; I made it through about half before giving up. This time, despite tenacious attempts to get through the whole thing, history repeated itself, I stopped after around an hour. Not that it was overly disturbing for my na?ve little eyes to behold... it was truly a stupid movie with absolutely unconvincing performances. The premise is a bunch of teenagers whisked away to a distant location (away from the eyes of the law) by some fascist authority figures who have an obsession with butts. Thus, they have anal intercourse whenever the mood strikes, they eat excrement, and tell moronic stories about gluteal prowess as aphrodisiacs. Now, I'm trying to imagine a scenario in real life where this could actually happen. Nothing comes up. Pasolini has a unique talent for finding ugly actors for his movies, ugly actors with no talent, mind you (some of the girls were cute). Anyway, that's 2 strikes for this director in my book, I won't be looking for a third. I'd tell him to keep it up, but he's already dead.DVD Review: Be Aware...
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie will scar you. It's not a particularly good movie, nor was it made to be enjoyable. If you are looking for a nice entertaining movie, this one is not for you.DVD Review: Unique to say the Least
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this movie and received what I expected, a strange mix of political thought and perverse thought. I liked it but not for the message. I read the book that came with it and other reviews but I see this more as a chance for a director to act out on screen his fantasies and call it meaningful. I enjoyed it for what it was, a perverse little gem from the mind of a perverse man in the name of art. I can see social ties to a sick time in history, but only as an underlying thought. Great movie to have if you are a fan of bizarre cinema. DVD Review: Almost good
Summary: 3 Stars
I saw this film a few weeks ago, and had heard about it for the last 20 years or so. At the time of its making, and even now, it certainly would have been considered pornographic, disturbing, etc. However, beyond the explicit content, the film is generally poorly made. This is something it shares with the film Caligula, which did have a big budget, and some good performances that didn't mask the lame excuse to make fetish and bad porn accessible, as pseudo-art for middle America. I wouldn't recommend either, unless you were hopelessly naive about politics, fascism, and atrocity, ... hmmm. That probably covers a lot of film-goers after all.
Description of Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom - Criterion Collection
Pier Paolo Pasolini s notorious final film, Sal?, or the 120 Days of Sodom, has been called nauseating, shocking, depraved, pornographic . . . it s also a masterpiece. The controversial poet, novelist, and filmmaker s transposition of the Marquis de Sade s 18th-century opus of torture and degradation to 1944 Fascist Italy remains one of the most passionately debated films of all time, a thought-provoking inquiry into the political, social, and sexual dynamics that define the world we live in.General DVDs
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