Dorathen Better Late Then Never

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

cyberjoshy-49579 Disgusting and boring. Seriously dont be curious like i was, just dont watch this.

Filipe Neto This movie is, at the very least, difficult to classify or judge. It is signed by one of the most controversial Italian filmmakers, Pier Paolo Pasolini, a man whose life was brutally marked by World War II, in which he lost his brother, killed in action. The fact that the film focuses on this period and have the Italian fascists as villains seems to me a form of political statement, as if the filmmaker were trying to use the film to express rage over the war and his hatred of the Italian fascists. This becomes more logical if we consider that Pasolini was also a Communist who was only expelled from the party after being, allegedly, caught up having sex with a minor boy in public, which makes him not only a homosexual but also a pederast and, perhaps, an exhibitionist. So, Pasolini wasn't a sympathetic and conventional figure that everyone liked, and the same thing happens with this film, almost as controversial and brutal as its creator, in that it joins Pasolini and the infamous Marquis de Sade, author of the original novel that gave base to the plot.The plot is simple: the Fascists imprison dozens of young Italians for a session of torture and permanent humiliation that will last about 120 days. There are about an hour of eschatological or pornographic scenes which, I believe, will have many kinds of metaphorical or symbolic explanation in the eyes of today's amorphous pseudo-intellectuals. But for me a pile of feces is a pile of feces, not an allegory for the pains of society, or capitalism, or anything else. That's an ill-smelling explanation for shocking scenes which I'm unwilling to swallow, however much the experts, full of their natural arrogance, may look at me with disdain. No. Even art has to know reasonable limits. To make matters worse, the film is depressing, it is deeply negative about almost everything.If there is any technical and artistic competence in this film is something I have not yet fully evaluated, but I am willing to give Pasolini the benefit of the doubt at that particular point. The fact is that, even if there is art here, the overall of the movie turns out to be so bad, so depressing, manic and disturbing that it's not really worth the effort to watch it.

Michael_Elliott Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) *** 1/2 (out of 4) Nine young boys and nine young girls are gathered up and taken from their homes. They are taken to a secluded castle in Italy during WWII where they hear a variety of perverted stories while their captures sexually and mentally abuse them.Pier Paolo Pasolini would be murdered before the release of this, his final film and many still seem to think it wasn't a random murder. Many people believe that his politics had some higher ups order his murder but it's doubtful we'll ever know what the truth was. With that said, this final film of his is certainly unlike anything you're ever going to see as it's about as depraved, disgusting and depressing as you're going to get. I personally think SALO, OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM is a very good movie but it's hard to really recommend it to anyone.Based on the work of Marquis de Sade, this film is about as disturbing as everything put to film. The real debate is rather this is some sort of serious art film with a message or is it just a cheap piece of exploitation that was meant to make you sick. I mean, certain horror movies are trashed for their disgusting scenes of violence and sexual brutality but how many movies are actually worse than this one? Not only do you get disgusting stories being told ranging from child rape to people being forced to eat poop but we have to see these things as well. This is a film that really works on the viewers mind so it's going to be up to that viewer whether they take it in as art or some sort of exploitation.For my money, the film is a piece of art. I'm not going to say what the director was trying to do or say with the picture but to me this film works because it seems very real. It seems like you're really there watching these horrible events and the film really doesn't back down at anything. The stories are rather brutal and we get scenes of such sexual depravity that you can't help but be disturbed. There really isn't any style here because the camera just captures the horrors that are there. The performances are raw, realistic and just add to the horrors of the story.Obviously, not everyone is going to be able to take this film and I really can't say I'd blame anyone for turning it off. Again, we can debate the politics and message of the film but there's no question that when the end credits start you're going to need a shower.

joserobertomendoza 428/5000 Depressing, horrible, sick and above all with a conception of the most twisted thing I have ever seen, at the height of the human centipede, a tragedy as far as the seventh art is concerned. I do not understand how they can make such bad films. The winner, the torture, the hatred, the vengaza, the prostuticion, and the loser always the poor, the young, the innocent. It is perverse the director and especially the plot, overwhelming. Horrible, awful, immoral, fatal, waste your time