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10/18/08
Salo, Or The 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:15
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Pier Paolo Pasolini was a celebrated poet, writer, and all-around intellectual, but it was his maverick, controversial filmmaking that distinguished him as an influential artistic force. The... [More]
Starring: Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Umberto P. Quinavalle, Aldo Valletti
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Reviews for Salo, Or The 120 Days of Sodom
The result, despite moments of undeniably brilliant insight, is nearly unwatchable, extremely disturbing, and often literally nauseous.
10/23/07
In all honesty it's a terrible, terrible experience -- but give the guy credit: It's certainly unique.
01/20/05
No review available.
07/02/04
Grim and pointless in equal measure.
01/01/00
Intended to be read as a caustic commentary on the evils of Fascism, Salo is marred by the uneasy perception that Pasolini (rather like purveyors of modern Torture Porn) is simply getting off on the abuse he visualizes with such delight.
08/27/08
A perfect example of the kind of material that, theoretically, anyway, can be acceptable on paper but becomes so repugnant when visualized on the screen that it further dehumanizes the human spirit, which is supposed to be the artist's concern.
05/09/05
Dramatically feral and artistically fertile, "Salo" is a rigorous movie that dares to use the metaphor of torture as a device of utter physical and psychological annihilation for both the victim and the torturer.
07/11/09
There are absolutely fascinating ways of reading and understanding this Pasolini epic. But would I ever want to watch it again? Probably not.
09/10/05
No review available.
02/08/04
Shocking film.
06/15/05
A difficult film to watch, but one that forces you to think
12/07/03
No review available.
07/24/05
Fastidiously attuned to the denial of the comforting release of either eroticism or expulsion, Pasolini's boudoirs of perversion lack De Sade's scarlet hedonism. Quite the opposite, his boners reveal only the presence of spiritual rigor mortis.
08/25/08
I was more intellectually engaged than offended while watching it.
03/05/02
Very hard to take, but in its own way an essential work.
10/23/07
Top CriticThere's a sense of pure evil clinging to the film like nothing I've ever experienced. I do not believe this is unintentional, nor do I believe it is pointless.
05/14/08
As disturbing as it set out to be. This may not be an enjoyable experience but it is definitely an experience.
02/13/01
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02/13/01
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07/30/02
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