Salo Or 120 Days of Sodom (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]

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The notorious final film from Pier Paolo Pasolini (Mamma Roma), Salo, or The 120 Days of Sodom, has been called nauseating, shocking, depraved, pornographic . . . It s also a masterpiece. The controversial poet, novelist, and filmmaker s transposition of the Marquis de Sade s eighteenth century opus of torture and degradation to Fascist Italy in 1944 remains one of the most passionately debated films of all time, a thought provoking inquiry into the political, social, and sexual dynamics that define the world we live in.DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES High definition digital restoration Salo : Yesterday and Today, a thirty three minute 2002 documentary featuring interviews with director Pier Paolo Pasolini, actor filmmaker Jean Claude Biette, and Pasolini friend Ninetto Davoli Fade to Black, a twenty three minute 2001 documentary featuring directors Bernardo Bertolucci, Catherine Breillat, and John Maybury, as well as scholar David Forgacs The End of Salo, a forty minute documentary about the film s production Video interviews with set designer Dante Ferretti and director and film scholar Jean Pierre Gorin Optional English dubbed soundtrack Theatrical trailer.