Why don’t we have these kind of threads more often?
Maybe we will Robley, maybe we will…
Yeah, I remember when this thread was started and being involved, however slightly, in it. I certainly would recommend more attempts at something like this, albeit with the knowledge that I have such limited access to the movies with which to discuss myself.
—PolarisDiB
One of the clearest examples of the excellent usefulness of the Search function, especially prior to posting new threads.
While this is one of the best, there are dozens of like-minded threads whose conversations are dying to be continued.
IF NOT BY YOU, THEN WHO?
I think this film as a masterpiece because it is very surreal and beautiful.
Just saw it the 6th time. How do people feel about this film?
First, depressing. Second, shocked. Third, amazed.
For me, every time I watch or think about Salo, Or the 120 Days of Sodom, I feel that it’s a work of art as Pasolini shows his thoughts about Italy’s WW2 with adapting the most exterme novel in literature history.
There are some scenes that are really haunting (like the last 10 minutes of the film), otherwise there are some very beautiful (but little calmly) scenes (like the first wedding scene).
Michael Haneke (director of CACHE, THE WHITE RIBBON, FUNNY GAMES, & THE PIANO TEACHER) named it as one of his 10 all-time favorite films in Sight & Sound’s 2002 Greatest Films Poll as #4, in between Tarkovsky’s THE MIRROR & Bunuel’s THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL.
SALO, OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM is pure masterpiece that explains Italy’s WW2 as Pasolini’s point of view.
tom
spitbitchery? T-Bone, you’ve done it again!
Sorry I have not seen this film yet. I have a good reason, too. It’s not at my public library.