Salo (Blu-ray) (1975)
Restricted
| Director: | Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| Actors: | Paolo Bonacelli, Aldo Valletti, Giorgio Cataldi, Umberto Paolo Quintavalle |
The Marquise de Sade's notorious novel has been transposed and updated to 1944. The scene is Salo, in northern Italy, when Mussolini is briefly freed from Italian partisans by Nazi forces. In a remote chateau, four powerful and prominent men, leaders of the local fascist mechanism, host a group of kidnapped young men and women, expressing their ultimate desires as the world crumbles around them. Four aging courtesans relate stories of their carnal pasts, which are then acted out with the guests of the party. By exercising their power to degrade and destroy, the fascists illustrate how the misuses of power lead to the murder of innocents
| Status: | QuickPick |
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| Run time: | 116mins |
| Origin: | ITALY |
| Aspect Ratio: | 16:9 |
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Member Reviews (5)
5 Member
Reviews
Dave J
says
As with most films that they ban, they should be banned because they are just bad movies not because of the conent.
jv
says
Really quite repetitive and boring, I hope the book was better.
The only reason i got it was that it was banned years ago and that drew my attention to it. Silly censors should have just ignored it and it would have gone away i think.
Shen
says
Shocking and disturbing. Some things that have been seen can not be unseen.
djbird7@bigpond.com
says
terrible movie.
Moriarty
says
Absolutely shocking, revolting, degrading, disgusting and insane film. I would never recommend anyone to see it. Having said that, I do believe the film exists as art and it was made for a purpose. I'm glad I saw it, but I have absolutely no wish to ever see it again.