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SMC Pod #172: Is this Cinema? I: Pasolini's Salo or 120 Days of Sodom
Today, we inaugurate an occasional series "Is this Cinema?" in our podcasts. We'll look at a controversial, shocking, and/or divisive movie that divides cinephiles. There may be no better place to start than famed Italian moviemaker Pier Paolo Pasolini's final film, 1975's SALO or 120 DAYS OF SODOM adapted from shocking source material written by the Marquis De Sade. Pasolini adapted the movie to World War II fascist Italy. Four fascist libertines imprison 18 youths in a villa for the fascists' violent perversions and depravity. SALO is shocking, even by today's standards. And yet the movie is also a rigorous exploration of exploitation, abuses of power, corrupt governments, the hypocrisy of the wealthy, etc. There are also scenes of near unbearable coercion, perversion, and violence. Secret Movie Club founder, programmer Craig Hammill looks at it all to ask....is this cinema?
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