Salò, o, Le 120 giornate di Sodoma = Salò, the 120 days of Sodom
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Alberto Grimaldi, Sergio Citti, Paolo Bonacelli (Herec), Giorgio Cataldi, Uberto Paolo Quintavalle, Aldo Valletti, Caterina Boratto, Elsa De' Giorgi, Hélène Surgère (Herec), Sonia Saviange, Amaury Voslion, Vincent Paul-Boncour, Mark Kermode, Nigel Algar, Mario Sesti, Kim Hendrickson, Ines Pellegrini, Tonino Delli Colli, Ennio Morricone, Neil Bartlett, Catherine Breillat, Naomi Greene, Sam Rohdie, Roberto Chiesi, Gary Indiana, Sade, BIM Distribuzione, Indigo Film (Firm), Auditorium Parco della musica (Rome, Italy), Carlotta Films, October Films, FilmFour (Firm), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Produzioni Europee Associate, Productions Artistes associés., Criterion Collection (Firm)
In the titles, Pasolini informs viewers that it is "1944-45 nell' Italia Settentrionale durante l'occupazione nazifascista [in Northern Italy during the Nazi-Fascist occupation]." That, along with the "Bibliografia essenziale" that precedes it, indicates that a political meaning, dealing with the corruption of absolute power, was uppermost in the filmmakers mind. Motives aside, Pasolini's interpretation of the Marquis de Sade's eighteenth century opus of torture and degradation remains banned in many countries, is deemed one of the most disturbing films ever made, and is still-- 30 years after its initial release-- notorious and controversial
DVD video, Italian, ©2008
Criterion Collection, [Irvington, NY], ©2008