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1. 0:00Hey guys. Today we have a film
2. 0:03requested by one of our viewers,
3. 0:05probably one of the most shocking and
4. 0:07controversial movies in cinema history,
5. 0:10from Italian director Pier Paolo
6. 0:12Pasolini, Salò, or the 120 Days of
7. 0:14Sodom, released in 1975.
8. 0:23Everything is fine when experienced to
9. 0:25excess. The plot tells us about the
10. 0:28final days of Italian fascism in the
11. 0:30Italian region of Salò, where the most
12. 0:32powerful people—the President, the
13. 0:34Judge, the Bishop, and the Duke—
14. 0:36indulge in perverse amusements with
15. 0:38young people they are holding captive
16. 0:40in a mansion.
17. 0:42In this world, our will is the only law
18. 0:44. Before moving on to the pros and cons
19. 0:47of the film, it is worth mentioning
20. 0:48what a unique and unconventional
21. 0:50director we are dealing with. I
22. 0:52familiarized myself with his most
23. 0:54famous Trilogy of Life, which includes
24. 0:56The Decameron, The Canterbury Tales,
25. 0:58and Arabian Nights. And I realized that
26. 1:01, frankly, this is not my director; his
27. 1:03style is filled with eroticism, nudity,
28. 1:05and ironic storytelling, with a
29. 1:07deliberately sloppy, even crude
30. 1:09technical side, featuring overacting
31. 1:11and even non-professional actors.
32. 1:13Ultimately, neither the underlying
33. 1:14message nor the social subtext can fix
34. 1:16the negative impression left by the
35. 1:18project. But in this case, we have the
36. 1:20first film from his Trilogy of Death,
37. 1:23filled with violence, despair, and
38. 1:25hatred for the ruling system of that
39. 1:27time. It must be noted that the
40. 1:29director was openly gay and held
41. 1:31pro-communist views. It is from this
42. 1:33perspective that the film gains a more
43. 1:35personal impression, especially the
44. 1:36finale. Especially since the director
45. 1:39was murdered shortly after the film's
46. 1:41release. So, the first reason to watch
47. 1:49the film is the unprecedented level of
48. 1:51violence for its time, the perversity
49. 1:53of many scenes, full nudity, the
50. 1:55consumption of excrement, as well as
51. 1:56sadomasochistic scenes and scenes of
52. 1:58human degradation. The film was banned
53. 2:01in many countries, especially in Europe
54. 2:03and particularly in Germany. The
55. 2:05director received a huge amount of
56. 2:07hatred and criticism for his
57. 2:08uncompromising nature and radicalism.
58. 2:10And here it is worth noting how great
59. 2:12the author's courage was, despite all
60. 2:14the flaws in his style. The second
61. 2:16reason is the abundance of cultural
62. 2:18references. For instance, the film is
63. 2:19divided into thematic chapters that
64. 2:21refer us to The Divine Comedy. Examples
65. 2:23include the Ante-Inferno, the Circle of
66. 2:25Manias, the Circle of, and the
67. 2:26Circle of Blood. The film itself is a
68. 2:28loose adaptation of the Marquis de
69. 2:30Sade's novel, The 120 Days of Sodom.
70. 2:32And the film, in general, preserves the
71. 2:34authorial position and core ideas of
72. 2:36the source material, especially in the
73. 2:38contempt and hatred for religion and
74. 2:40authority, which are presented here as
75. 2:42perverts and psychopaths bored by
76. 2:43idleness and routine. Plus, the quoting
77. 2:46of Nietzsche and Proust elevates the
78. 2:48rather base genre content of the film
79. 2:50to another level, although it is hard
80. 2:52to notice, given everything the viewer
81. 2:54will see. In essence, the only true
82. 2:57anarchy is the anarchy of power. The
83. 3:00third reason is the main message and
84. 3:02metaphor of the film, which lies in the
85. 3:04ridicule and satire of the modern
86. 3:06system and authority, and the
87. 3:07exploitation of the weak and poor by
88. 3:09the rich and powerful. The idea is not
89. 3:11new, but the form the author gave his
90. 3:13film, the boldness, the grotesque, and
91. 3:15the crossing of all boundaries of
92. 3:17decency command a certain respect from
93. 3:19me for the creator. Now it will be very
94. 3:29difficult to satisfy me. Well, now
95. 3:30let's talk about the problems. And here
96. 3:32, even if not by much, they are
97. 3:34critical enough for many viewers. The
98. 3:36first is the simply dreadful and
99. 3:38off-putting acting performance of
100. 3:40almost everyone involved. This applies
101. 3:43to all the director's most famous and
102. 3:45past works. The actors are mercilessly
103. 3:47overacting, or it feels like they are
104. 3:48in front of a camera for the first time
105. 3:50. Because of this, the unnaturalness
106. 3:52reaches some unseen peak. And the
107. 3:54tension of the inexperienced performers
108. 3:56is transmitted to the viewer, which is
109. 3:57probably the scariest part.
110. 3:59No, go ahead and tell me.
111. 4:01There is a lot of splashing.
112. 4:06The second reason is the weak technical
113. 4:08component, except for the music. The
114. 4:11music by Ennio Morricone is probably
115. 4:12the only thing in the film that I have
116. 4:14no complaints about. Otherwise, the
117. 4:15shaky camera, dirt on the lens, weak
118. 4:18sound design, and poor original dubbing
119. 4:20. All this leaves such a crude and
120. 4:22careless impression of the work done.
121. 4:24Even though in terms of narrative, this
122. 4:26is the director's highest quality film,
123. 4:28considering his past works where
124. 4:30quality editing and a smooth, coherent
125. 4:32narrative were a rare exception. But
126. 4:34even at its peak, the editing of the
127. 4:36narrative is quite mediocre,
128. 4:38for I respect all tastes and
129. 4:40eccentricities. No matter how horrible
130. 4:44they are, any perversions deserve
131. 4:46respect.
132. 4:47In the end, honestly, this picture
133. 4:48leaves me with a rather ambivalent
134. 4:49impression. Like, frankly, all the work
135. 4:52of this director. With unprecedented
136. 4:55radicalism, boldness, and
137. 4:57uncompromising nature, all the
138. 4:59director's ideas collide with a low
139. 5:01budget and the very weak technical
140. 5:03aspects of all his films. At the same
141. 5:05time, almost everything works against
142. 5:07the director, except for his vision and
143. 5:09message. However, this picture can
144. 5:11definitely be called the director's
145. 5:13best creation, given the state of his
146. 5:15previous works. But at the same time,
147. 5:18it is very difficult to recommend this
148. 5:19work to everyone, and I won't. But for
149. 5:21all those tired of modern political
150. 5:23correctness who crave scathing, biting,
151. 5:26and spectacular satire on modern power
152. 5:28and capitalism, then by all means, you
153. 5:30should definitely watch this film. Just
154. 5:33keep in mind the style and
155. 5:35peculiarities of this director, and
156. 5:36otherwise, it is definitely a film
157. 5:38worth watching.