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Author:   Moloko   author profile email reply view thread post new · post reply subscribe Email: fdhoedt@club.innet.be Date: 1997/05/27 Forums: alt.cult-movies view for bookmarking  ·  text only

692609@ican.net wrote:

>I'm interested in hearing any opinions on Pasolini's Salo. Anyone who
>has seen it please let me know what this film is really like. 
>I read the Marquis de Sade's 120 days of sodom and although it gets
>incredibly revolting, extreme, and offensive I find it a fascinating
>piece of literature and I was wondering if the film even comes close?
>I would also like to know if this flic is legal in Canada/Ontario?
>Any comparisons between de Sade's book and Pasolini's film would be of
>great interest to me.

First of all, I'd like to say that you should see this film, although
this doesn't mean it's a good film. Like the book it was based on,
Pasolini's "Salo" is disturbing and offensive. I don't have a problem
with this, but he forgot one thing : he also had to keep it
interesting. In the first half hour, you're really disturbed ,but when
you get used to all the abuse and torture ( which you eventually do)
it starts to get boring.
The film is a free adaption of the book. Pasolini took the basic
story, but he changed a few things, eg. the location. Everything is
set in the fascistic republic of Salo, during the reign of Mussolini.
It's a shame this was Pasolini's last work. He was murdered shortly
after the movie was completed. IMO, he was a great artist (I know some
won't agree...) and it's a pity that a lot of people only know him
from "Salo"...

just an opinion;

Moloko

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