Criterion Collection Salo Or 120 Days of Sodom

The notorious final film from Pier Paolo Pasolini (Mamma Roma), Salo, or The 120 Days of Sodom, has been called nauseating, shocking, depraved, pornographic . . . It s also a masterpiece. The controversial poet, novelist, and filmmaker s transposition of the Marquis de Sade s eighteenth century opus of torture and degradation to Fascist Italy in 1944 remains one of the most passionately debated films of all time, a thought provoking inquiry into the political, social, and sexual dynamics that define the world we live in. DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES High definition digital restoration Salo : Yesterday and Today, a thirty three minute 2002 documentary featuring interviews with director Pier Paolo Pasolini, actor filmmaker Jean Claude Biette, and Pasolini friend Ninetto Davoli Fade to Black, a twenty three minute 2001 documentary featuring directors Bernardo Bertolucci, Catherine Breillat, and John Maybury, as well as scholar David Forgacs The End of Salo, a forty minute documentary about the film s production Video interviews with set designer Dante Ferretti and director and film scholar Jean Pierre Gorin Optional English dubbed soundtrack Theatrical trailer.