Product Description

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.

SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES:
New, restored high-definition digital transfer
The End of Salò, a 40-minute documentary about the film s final scene
Salò: Yesterday and Today, a 35-minute documentary featuring interviews with Pier Paolo Pasolini, actor-filmmaker Jean-Claude Biette, and Pasolini s friend Nineto Davoli
Fade to Black, a new short documentary about Salò, featuring interviews with filmmakers Bernardo Bertolucci, Catherine Breillat, and John Maybury
New interviews with set designer Dante Ferretti and filmmaker/film scholar Jean-Pierre Gorin
Optional English-dubbed soundtrack
Theatrical trailer
Optional English subtitles
PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by Neil Bartlett, Roberto Chiesi, Naomi Greene, Gary Indiana, and Sam Rohdie, and excerpts from Gideon Bachman s on-set diary

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1085 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-08-26
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: French, German, Italian
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 116 minutes

Customer Reviews

A Shuddering Experience
SALO, OR THE 100 DAYS OF SODOM is by far the most harrowing filmic experience I have ever had. Many times I had to stop the DVD just to breathe; most often I was forced to look away at the sight of appalling acts. That the film is a masterpiece, there is no doubt. But it is a masterpiece of degradation and untrammeled sexuality, if, indeed, it can in any way be called sexual.
I recommend it only to those who can look at it objectively and see through the grossness of its subject to its masterliness as film art.

The kind of thing that needs to be buried.
No need to see this, folks. If you are of sane mind, there is absolutely no need to pollute it with this filth. You know all you need to do is read a little snippet about this in literature and history books. There is no need to see anything like this at all, ever. You have got to be sick in the head to "appreciate" this sort of thing, and unintelligent to be able to even justify anything like this at all. Yes we all know Pasolini went berserk, and let it rest there. Don't touch this, folks. Decent people need to force our culture and community to bury this kind of absolute degradation and keep it buried.

The Most Disgusting Thing I've Ever Seen
This DVD is the most disgusting horrible movie I've ever witnessed. I walked in on my son watching it and it is utterly dispicable!!