Salò, o, Le 120 giornate di Sodoma = Salò, the 120 days of Sodom /

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 politica...

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Corporate Authors: Auditorium Parco della musica (Rome, Italy), BIM Distribuzione, Carlotta Films, Criterion Collection (Firm), FilmFour (Firm), Indigo Film (Firm), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, October Films, Productions Artistes associés, Produzioni Europee Associate
Other Authors: Algar, Nigel, Bartlett, Neil, 1958-, Bonacelli, Paolo, 1939- (Actor), Boratto, Caterina, Breillat, Catherine, Cataldi, Giorgio, Chiesi, Roberto, Citti, Sergio, De' Giorgi, Elsa, Delli Colli, Tonino, Greene, Naomi, 1942-, Grimaldi, Alberto, Hendrickson, Kim, Indiana, Gary, Kermode, Mark, Morricone, Ennio, Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 1922-1975, Paul-Boncour, Vincent, Pellegrini, Ines, 1954-, Quintavalle, Uberto Paolo, Rohdie, Sam, 1939-, Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814, Saviange, Sonia, Sesti, Mario, Surgère, Hélène, 1928- (Actor), Valletti, Aldo, Voslion, Amaury
Format: Unknown
Language:Italian
English
Published: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2008
Edition:Special ed
Series:Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 17
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Disc 1. The film: Antechamber of Hell
  • Abducted
  • Selection
  • Perfect specimen
  • "Everything is ready"
  • Circle of obsessions
  • "Take another"
  • How to hold it
  • Verification
  • Newlyweds
  • Like a dog
  • Passion of the Minister
  • Circle of shit
  • "Eat!"
  • Punishment list
  • Story of the posterior
  • Signora Maggi's masterpiece
  • Circle of blood
  • Wedding night
  • Ezio and the maid
  • Stories of torture
  • Pianist
  • Magistrate watches Special features: Trailer (4 min.)
  • Disc 2. The supplements: Salò d'hier à aujourd'hui = Salò yesterday and today / Carlotta Films présente un film de Amaury Voslion ; produit par Vincent Paul-Boncour (33 min.) (2002)
  • Fade to black / presenter, Mark Kermode ; producer/director, Nigel Algar ; October Films for FilmFour (23 min.) (2001)
  • La fin di "Salò" = The end of Salò / una produzione BIM Distribuzione ; in associazione con Indigo Film ; con il sostegno di Auditorium Parco Della Musica ; ideato e diretto da Mario Sesti (40 min.)
  • Dante Ferretti [interview] / producer, Kim Hendrickson ; the Criterion Collection (12 min.) (2008)
  • Jean-Pierre Gorin on "Salò" / producer, Kim Hendrickson ; the Criterion Collection (26 min.) (2008) ; booklet includes essays "Watching Salò" by Neil Bartlett, "I, monster" by Catherine Breillat, "Breaking the rules" by Naomi Greene, "A cinema of poetry" by Sam Rohdie, "The present as Hell" by Roberto Chiesi, "The written movie" by Gary Indiana, and "Pasolini and the Marquis de Sade" by Gideon Bachmann