Thirteen years after World War II, concentration camp survivor Lucia (Charlotte Rampling) and her tormentor Max (Sir Dir
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geewizzz — 5 years ago(March 22, 2021 04:56 AM)
Pasolini's previous films had dark humor in them, such as
The Decameron
and
Canterbury Tales
I don't mean torturing is humorous…he's poking fun at the elite and the ridiculousness of it all
The 1981 documentary on Pasolini,
Whoever Says The Truth Shall Die
is worth a view, if you haven't seen it.
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Platonic_Caveman — 4 years ago(July 10, 2021 09:19 PM)
Because I knew it was an important film and I would be left with an indelible experience. Not everything worthwhile is pleasant.
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Platonic_Caveman — 4 years ago(July 10, 2021 09:21 PM)
I found it repulsive. But it was too horrific to be dull. Lets just say I didn't walk out of the film with a feeling of ennui. I was shaken.
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lukejbarnett — 4 years ago(July 11, 2021 02:33 AM)
wasn't the worst part of the film, the hardest part to take mentally and emotionally, not the mean things that were done to the children, but the callous, blase, inhumane way the torturers did the torturous things to the children?
like it was no big deal and them acting all inhumanly cruel and detached from what they did? like in the part when they read from a book right after doing a horrible thing to one of the kids?
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Platonic_Caveman — 4 years ago(July 11, 2021 02:52 AM)
This quote from "Salo" from The Duke:
We Fascists are the only true anarchists
He's saying true freedom comes from throwing away all compassion and humanity. And perhaps he's right. So all the torture on innocent children was an exercise in philosophy. That's what makes me feel dead in the core of my soul. That's why I hate but love this film.
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ToastedCheese — 5 years ago(March 21, 2021 07:03 AM)
Never seen this, but I recall seeing it advertised as a kid. It always looked fascinating.
I have seen
Salon Kitty
in the early 80's when it was unbanned when I was a teen. It was rated R20 then in NZ. How I got in I would never know.
It was pretentious and slow and the only thing that got me through it was my lust for Helmut Berger.
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