SALO (or The 120 Days of Sodom): The Criterion Collection [2-disc Special Edition]

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Real criticism involves depth and the deployment of contrast, metaphors, and other tools. For instance, in the real world, Fascism crept up on the people through bit-by-bit means until it was too late to stand against it. Pasolini’s film depicts a debauched system in power from the very start, without trying to explain how — much less why — it came to be.

This is how I felt. And I can't help but think that there are far too many people praising this movie thinking there is something more to it than there actually is.

Thankfully, this isn't one of those reviews.

this is a pointless exercise in brutality. it doesn't even have documentary value the way that some pornos do.

To bad netflix has a very long wait on this, I want to see what the hubub is about