The most important film of all time
Just how important the message of this film and the intellectual discussion of de Sade's Nihilism in general really is was shown to us not long ago in the case of the tortures in the Iraqi POW prison of Abu Ghureib. The culprits are none other than the devils shown to us in Pasolini's play.
And this is the sad message, of which we constantly need to be reminded: Humans, if given the power and chance of going unpunished, are worse than animals. Animals kill for prey and self-protection, but humans differ from animals in that they kill, torture and humiliate others for sheer pleasure of power. They are devils, not animals. When watching Salo, I felt exactly the same shock and outrage I felt when I saw the pictures from the Iraqi prison.
Hopefully, reminders of this potential for human fiendishness will in future come to us more in form of great movies such as Salo, rather than sad and outraging actual events, such as in Abu Gureib.
Salo is one of the most controversial films of all time. It is based on a novel by the Marquis De Sade, and the story is updated from 1700's France to WWII Italy. A group of libertines, about to be smashed by the Alliance at the end of WWII, do what animals backed in a corner would do best.
They kidnap the most vulnerable of the populace, teenagers, and brutally rape and degrade them, finally murdering them. That's basically it for the story, but this film isn't really about story, at least for me. The film to me is a reflection on any government. The children are us, the citizens, and the libertines are forces in power. ***Viewer Beware*** This film could be the kind of experience that you'd wish you'd never had, so individual discretion is advised.
The film has some pretty nauseating things in it. For me the "turd" banquet was the hardest to watch, but at the same time was the most rewarding message-wise.The government will feed us @#@! and we are expected to eat it and cherish the experience. Pier Paolo Pasolini was the director of the film, and he was murdered days before the film was to be released.
Some say Salo was the reason, but I don't know about that. I do know that although I consider it a revolution in cinema, I personally never want to see this film ever again. A no-longer-friend of mine saw this and laughed at it. Positively nothing is funny here. Pasolini had it right when he said that this film is about the opposite of love...the absence of it.
Just how important the message of this film and the intellectual discussion of de Sade's Nihilism in general really is was shown to us not long ago in the case of the tortures in the Iraqi POW prison of Abu Ghureib. The culprits are none other than the devils shown to us in Pasolini's play.
And this is the sad message, of which we constantly need to be reminded: Humans, if given the power and chance of going unpunished, are worse than animals. Animals kill for prey and self-protection, but humans differ from animals in that they kill, torture and humiliate others for sheer pleasure of power. They are devils, not animals. When watching Salo, I felt exactly the same shock and outrage I felt when I saw the pictures from the Iraqi prison.
Hopefully, reminders of this potential for human fiendishness will in future come to us more in form of great movies such as Salo, rather than sad and outraging actual events, such as in Abu Gureib.
Salo is one of the most controversial films of all time. It is based on a novel by the Marquis De Sade, and the story is updated from 1700's France to WWII Italy. A group of libertines, about to be smashed by the Alliance at the end of WWII, do what animals backed in a corner would do best.
They kidnap the most vulnerable of the populace, teenagers, and brutally rape and degrade them, finally murdering them. That's basically it for the story, but this film isn't really about story, at least for me. The film to me is a reflection on any government. The children are us, the citizens, and the libertines are forces in power. ***Viewer Beware*** This film could be the kind of experience that you'd wish you'd never had, so individual discretion is advised.
The film has some pretty nauseating things in it. For me the "turd" banquet was the hardest to watch, but at the same time was the most rewarding message-wise.The government will feed us @#@! and we are expected to eat it and cherish the experience. Pier Paolo Pasolini was the director of the film, and he was murdered days before the film was to be released.
Some say Salo was the reason, but I don't know about that. I do know that although I consider it a revolution in cinema, I personally never want to see this film ever again. A no-longer-friend of mine saw this and laughed at it. Positively nothing is funny here. Pasolini had it right when he said that this film is about the opposite of love...the absence of it.
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