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The Film Salo.

post #1 of 11
7/12/09 at 11:52pm
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I recently saw the infamous Salo and was not shocked. I suspect its rather heady reputation has made it out to be more than it actually is. Most mainstream pornos seem to have more debasement of the body, and some of those fake exploitation/snuff films are far more visceral. That is not to say that Salo didn't disturb--it has rather memorable imagery that a lesser director wouldn't have been able to do. However, you can just imagine Pasolini's pecker being hard all the time whilst filming this.
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post #2 of 11
7/12/09 at 11:55pm
is a great coil song about him. ostia. look it up.
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post #3 of 11
7/13/09 at 12:10am
After having access to the internet for the past 12 years, I doubt there's anything in Salo that would shock or disgust me.
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post #4 of 11
7/13/09 at 12:12am
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Originally Posted by robin View Post
After having access to the internet for the past 12 years, I doubt there's anything in Salo that would shock or disgust me.

+1. I've seen Salo. Those who are shocked by that movie have probably never accessed the internet.
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post #5 of 11
7/13/09 at 3:44am
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Salo is far more elegant than what one might find on the intertrons.

Gutter elegance.
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post #6 of 11
7/13/09 at 2:26pm
SWAP.avi is pretty epic.
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post #7 of 11
7/13/09 at 2:32pm
It's 35 years old. I'm sure it was more shocking back then.
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post #8 of 11
9/14/10 at 8:10pm
fuck. i wrote a review on this and accidentally refreshed

elegance my flaming dick. this was a huge mound of dogshit.

a film directed by a director as a fuck you to the world on the writings of a depraved mad man who had nothing better to do in prison than write that piece self masturbatory doodoo. no original intention of social critique or allegory. at the very most an exploration of taboo.

that being said. filming, acting, pacing was all excellent.

if i forced myself to see an allegory that last scene of the soldiers dancing and talking of their girlfriends talks of desensitization of the masses. like some of the rural towns of afghanistan where prostitution of teenage boys is ritualized. the people have been steeped in depravity for so long that it is a given just like the soldiers. fuck moral relativity. if you honestly cannot tell me that this kind of shit is wrong you are a piece of shit human being.

the four men as symbols of government, the prostitutes as media, blah blah. still a huge pile of shit

what i dont understand is why the music player prostitute killed herself. if she was overcome with guilt why didnt she do something instead of running away
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post #9 of 11
9/14/10 at 10:10pm
it was boring and didn't make it past the first 30 minutes or so.
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post #10 of 11
9/15/10 at 12:04am
last 10 minutes is unwatchable. they burn dicks titties, scalp a girl, rape is a given, poke ppls eyes out, cut off a guys tongue. unforgiveable
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post #11 of 11
9/15/10 at 12:27pm
It was crappy. Although I still keep my eye out for a white ring edition of the DVD. Almost grabbed on one ebay for 200 5 or 6 years ago, but the bids shot up to like 800 the last minute of the auction.
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