Pier Paolo Pasolini s notorious final film, Salò, 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.
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March 4, 2008
#1
This isn’t an amazing or deep film that must be seen. Its a discontinued, rare, High E-Bay bidding, attention capturing, hyped up cinematic trash that people ONNNNNLLLY WATTCCCH because its hard to obtain a copy, rent it. Im not disgusted easily but those who are will find this repulsive. This may be based on 120 Days of Sodomy but its retarded. NOTHING HAPPENS.
Kids get tortured
THAT
IS
ALL
THATS THE ONLY!!!! reason people watch this. It isnt a guilty pleasure but people want what they cant have
Hence the high E BAY prices due to its discontinuation on Region 1 Criterion Collection DVD.
AND
Its graphic, violent, disgusting—> kids being tortured and raped. Again theres nothing wrong with curiousity but please dont be dumb. Dont tell me this film is ANY deeper than what you see. Kids being tortured and then more kids being tortured.
ANyone who likes this film, likes the imagery of torture. There is nothing deep here
And no, I GOT IT, theres nothing here
no, he just didnt get it crap??!!!!??
I got it
its dumb but worth one view so you can say—> Yes I saw the forbidden Film of the century!
P.S.
The acting sucks
their are gay male scenes- which unlike people from San Francisco i dont enjoy
Most of the scenes are either
1. Boring
2. Funny (No intentionally though)
3. Disgusting but not half as digusting as some make it out to be
NOT the worst film ive ever seen but still stupid and terrible.
Plus theres no replay value
u would never want to watch it again unless you want to show people u own it, or u atleast have it in possession.
OR u want to gross out your friends and say:
Want to see what some critics describe as the most digusting film ever?
p,P,S
Caligula is terrible but great compared to this
Malcolm McDowell is the man
3 WAYS TO OBTAIN THIS FILM
[...] You need a Region 2 DVD Player but you get the DVD for regular price
EBAY- ORIGINAL can be up to $400 or more (yes ridiculous i know)
EBAY- bootleg $20 and up (Labeled No White Ring- the true mark of the original Criterion DVD)
Rumor has it, the dvd MIGHT be released again due to high demand
March 4, 2008
#2
This must have been one of the worst movies i have ever seen. I mean with all the hype that i had read up on i thought it would be worth the time. When i started the movie i thought to myself oooo i cant wait to see some gore and watnot. I got nothing wat soever nothing to even think of looking away from the screen. I thought to myself this film is just more of a werid fantasy of a old deranged man who was beaten and abused as a child. To recomend this movie to a friend i would rather save my breath and time which i wont get back from watching this movie. STAY AWAY
March 4, 2008
#3
I am writing this review to inform buyers to check their disc upon arrival. When I received my disc, there were multiple deep scratches located on the disc. It didn’t affect the playability of the movie but it’s disappointing considering that this should have arrived in brand new condition. It seems to have been damaged by the manufacturer/packager and not by amazon. I am currently in the process of returning this movie which is quite a hassle considering I’m in Iraq at an APO adddress.
March 4, 2008
#4
Criterion Collection: Salo or the 120 Days of Sodom [1975] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
This DVD was available virtually to all who wished to see it in the 1970′s. I watched some of it when i was a child in care. I think that this was due to the fact that fascism was never confined to the peoples of Germany and their allies but to all peoples who think they are superior to others in all sections of the world’s communities. Academics are amongst the new faces of fascism especially child psychology and psychiatry and pharmacology but if you think carefully you see that this has always been the case. Hitler’s final solution for inferior people was in fact more to do with the thinking of, then as it is today, “PSYCHIATRY”.
There is one comment entered previously to this that refers to the victims as being young adults, they may be adult actors and extras but I see that the victims are supposed to be seen as children. Of this I am sure many of you would agree. Having being sexually abused as a child and drugged all the while in care and schools and in the communities of the UK I am qualified to state this.
I just flipped through this DVD and I will finish with saying that I shredded it to stop those who rake in buckets selling it to the many qualified (mostly female re: me + life) perverts in this society who will automatically decide to rediscover the affects of psychiatric drugs have on abused children to write a paper, graduate towards gaining the “ALFRED KNOBBLERS PRIZE” and get the B.E.M.
Andy…
March 4, 2008
#5
Some one`s gotta say it, it may as well be me. This “movie” is nothing but exploitation filth and i can`t believe all these people giving it 4 and 5 stars, and claiming that it`s “art” and “powerful.” I suppose you think child snuff films are “art” and “powerul” too? This movie was made just for the rich perverted filmakers kicks to get off on, nothing else. And all you people who like this movie have, deep down inside, got some weird perversion that gets you off. That`s the only reason why you like it. The film and entertainment industry is controlled by very rich and perverted powerful people who can get away with making films/filth like this. Unfortunately, the sad thing is, this film is based on true stories. Yes, rich powerful people in very high up places are involved in these sort of things in real life. Whether nazis did it during world war 2 is debateable but this sort of thing has been going on for generations. World leaders, British royalty and government agents have been experimenting with the brain and using mind control to create assassins, sex slaves and puppet polititians. If you look into a thing called trauma based mind control you`ll see that the CIA, mossad and the KGB have constantly been doing this horrible thing to many young people. What they do is traumatise someone constantly through violence and/or sexual abuse, this then causes the brain to constantly shut out the trauma, thus creating different compartments in the brain and thus creating different pesonalities in the person. Each person`s personality, or subconscious mind, can then be programed to carry out whatever the programmer wants them to do. Yes this sort of thing goes on constantly and it`s people in the highest positions of power in the world who are involved in it. You`ll find that George Bush snr was head of the CIA. He`d know all about this horrible thing. Thousands of children dissappear without a trace every year in the USA and they`re never seen or heard of again. The only “good” thing about this film and why i`m giving this film one star is because at least it`s exposing something that is really going on in real life amongst the rich and powerful elite, and it must be stopped because it`s crimes against humanity.